Double Clutch 1978
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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.
- Released: 1978-04-29
- Runtime: 87 minutes
- Genre: Drama
- Stars: Keiko Matsuzaka, Hiromi Go, Takeo Chii, Gō Awazu, Yutaka Hayashi
- Director: Shigeyuki Yamane, James Miki, Hiroyuki Itsuki, Noritaka Sakamoto, Hiro Tsunoda
