Love and Death at Fuji Speedway

(1972)

★ 4.5 IMDb · 6 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1972

Runtime: 80 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 村川透

Cast: 峰岸徹, Kei Kiyama, Miyoko Aoyama, Го Авадзу, 江角英明, 絵沢萠子, Seri Ishikawa, 殿岡ハツエ, 浜口竜哉, 木島一郎

Plot

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.