Double Clutch

Double Clutch — Plot

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.

• Release date
• April 29, 1978
• Runtime
• 87 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Shigeyuki Yamane

Double Clutch — Cast

Hiromi Go Keiko Matsuzaka Takeo Chii Gō Awazu Yutaka Hayashi Gen Kimura Chōichirō Kawarasaki Yukio Ninagawa