Double Clutch

Double Clutch (1978)

TMDb

0.0

29/04/1978 • 1h 27m
original-title

ダブル・クラッチ

status

Released

production-companies

Shochiku

original-language

Japanese

budget

-

revenue

-

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.

production-countries

Japan

spoken-languages

Japanese

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