Safari 5000
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A Japanese racing driver for Nissan named Godai (Yujiro Ishihara) have a rivalry with a French driver named Pierre (Jean-Claude Drouot). Godai is enlisted to race in an annual endurance race, The East African Safari Rally. Peripheral to this is the story concerning Godai's former lover Yuko (Ruriko Asaoka), a fashion designer, and her friend Anna (Emmanuel Riva), who happens to be Pierre's wife.
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Cast
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Yūjirō Ishihara
Takayuki Godai
Known for
Crazed Fruit
Tatsuya Nakadai
Masaomi Takeuchi
Known for
Ran
Harakiri
Nobuo Yamada
Koreyoshi Kurahara
Toshirō Mifune
Yūichirō Takase
Known for
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Akira Nakai
Gôzô Kasahara
Emmanuelle Riva
Anna Leduc
Known for
Amour
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Seiichiro Sakaeda
Ruriko Asaoka
Yuko Sakaki
Known for
Goyokin
Jūzō Itami
Kenichi Nomura
Known for
Lord Jim
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Kazuhiko Kasai
Known for
The Hidden Blade
Koreyoshi Kurahara Director · Nobuo Yamada Screenplay Gôzô Kasahara Writer
First release July 19, 1969 · Produced in Japan · Original title 栄光への５０００キロ
Production
Ishihara Productions
Production
Japan
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Original title
栄光への５０００キロ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · July 19, 1969
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
October 21, 1971
Italy
January 1, 1972
Poland
April 14, 1975
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