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Double Clutch

First aired on Apr 29, 1978

Runtime: 87 mins

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Genres: Drama

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.

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Hiromi Go |
Keiko Matsuzaka |
Takeo Chii |
Gō Awazu |
Yutaka Hayashi |
Gen Kimura |
Featured Crew
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James Miki | Screenplay
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Hiro Tsunoda | Music
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Hiroyuki Itsuki | Novel
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Noritaka Sakamoto | Cinematography
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Shigeyuki Yamane | Director