Double Clutch

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. 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

Hiromi Go

Keiko Matsuzaka

Takeo Chii

Gō Awazu

Yutaka Hayashi

Gen Kimura

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Yukio Ninagawa

Aiko Morishita

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Yukari Ichiuji

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Takuji Aoki

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Toyoaki Yoshida