Hiromi Go plays a high school student who need's 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 boy friend. He races in a off road car rally professionally. The same man becomes Go's role model and teaches him sophisticated car driving technique. One of the technique taught is 'double clutch' ( Thus the movie's title Double Kuracchi ) to make gear transition smoothly between shifts. Through a misfortunate 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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Keiko Matsuzaka, Hiromi Go, Takeo Chii, Gō Awazu, Yutaka Hayashi, Gen Kimura
Crew: Shigeyuki Yamane (Director), James Miki (Screenplay), Hiroyuki Itsuki (Novel), Noritaka Sakamoto (Cinematography), Hiro Tsunoda (Music)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Shochiku
Runtime: 87 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Apr 29, 1978
IMDb: 10
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