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.
Love and Death at Fuji Speedway (1972) is currently not available on any services.
Toru Minegishi , Miyoko Aoyama , Gō Awazu , Eimei Esumi , Moeko Ezawa , Seri Ishikawa
Tōru Murakawa
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