Love and Death at Fuji Speedway

Overview

The movie was inspired by real life test driver Yukio Fukuzawa, who on 12 February 1969 lost control of his Toyota 7 at Fuji Speedway near Nakahinata, Japan and fatally smashed into a signpost. In the movie Kei Kiyama’s pop singer character meets Tôru Minegishi’s doomed racer when he happens along as she’s throwing her own records into the sea. From there things get even cheerier.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 27, 1972

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Nikkatsu Corporation

Cast

Yumi Nakano,Kunio Shimizu,Eimei Esumi,Tatsuya Hamaguchi,Michiko Komori,Miyoko Aoyama,Ichiro Kijima,Hatsue Tonooka,Kei Kiyama,Hidetoshi Kageyamaand 6 more

Director

Tōru Murakawa

Writer

Kazuhiko Furuya,Tōru Murakawa

Producer

Akira Miura

Cinematography

Shinsaku Himeda

Music

Yasuo Higuchi

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0286444