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Double Clutch

04/29/1978

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1hr 27min

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Drama

STORY

Hiromi Go plays a high school student who needs a role model in his life badly. He's raised by his older sister played by Keiko Matsuzaka who is a hostess at a night club. She meets a man who becomes her boyfriend. He races in a off-road car rally professionally. The same man becomes Go's role model and teaches him sophisticated car driving techniques. One of the techniques taught is 'double clutch' ( Thus the movie's title Double Kuracchi ) to make gear transition smoothly between shifts. Due to an unfortunate accident, Matsuzaka's character dies and Go is left to fend for his life. Hiromi Go was a big pop idol in Japan when this movie was created. Both Go and Matsuzaka still enjoys high celebrity status in Japan.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Keiko Matsuzaka
  • Hiromi Go
  • Takeo Chii
  • Gō Awazu
  • Yutaka Hayashi

    Director

  • Shigeyuki Yamane

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Shochiku

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

Cast

Keiko Matsuzaka

Hiromi Go

Takeo Chii

Gō Awazu

Yutaka Hayashi

Gen Kimura

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Yukio Ninagawa

Aiko Morishita

Yukari Ichiuji