Movielogr
Double Clutch (1978)
Directed by Shigeyuki Yamane
Overview
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.
Length 87 minutes
Actors
Keiko Matsuzaka | Hiromi Gô | Takeo Chii | Gô Awazu | Yutaka Hayashi | Gen Kimura | Choichiro Kawarazaki | Yukio Ninagawa | Aiko Morishita | Yukari Ichiuji | Takuji Aoki | Toyoaki Yoshida | Hitomi Ariyoshi | Kinji Omino | Koshirou Asami | Kazuhiro Fukuzaki | Renji Ishibashi