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
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Shigeyuki Yamane Director · James Miki Screenplay Hiroyuki Itsuki Author
First release April 29, 1978 · Produced in Japan · Original title ダブル・クラッチ
Production
Shochiku
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Japan
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Original title
ダブル・クラッチ
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 29, 1978
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No release date listed for United States.
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