Love and Death at Fuji Speedway

Love and Death at Fuji Speedway

1h 20m 1972 Drama Japan
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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.

Director

Tōru Murakawa

Writer

Kazuhiko Furuya, Tōru Murakawa