Love and Death at Fuji Speedway (哀愁のサーキット) 51 years old

The movie was inspired by real life test driver Yukio Fukuzawa, who on 12 February 1969 lost control of his Toyota 7 at Fuji Speedway near Nakahinata, Japan and fatally smashed into a signpost. In the movie Kei Kiyama’s pop singer character meets Tôru Minegishi’s doomed racer when he happens along as she’s throwing her own records into the sea. From there things get even cheerier.

Credits

Moeko Ezawa as

Tatsuya Hamaguchi as

Kunio Shimizu as

Ichiro Kijima as

Eimei Esumi as

Tôru Minegishi as

Love and Death at Fuji Speedway Cast

Name	Character
Moeko Ezawa She was 33, now 85 years old
Tatsuya Hamaguchi
Kunio Shimizu He was 36, now 88 years old
Ichiro Kijima
Eimei Esumi He was 37, 68 years old when he died
Tôru Minegishi He was 29, 65 years old when he died
Miyoko Aoyama
Gô Awazu
Hatsue Tonooka She was 34, now 86 years old
Hidetoshi Kageyama He was 22, now 74 years old

Love and Death at Fuji Speedway Crew

Name	Department
Shinya Inoue as Editor.	Editing
Shinsaku Himeda as Director of Photography. He was 56 (80) years old when He died	Camera
Toru Murakawa as Director. He was 35 (now 87) years old	Directing
Toru Murakawa as Screenplay. He was 35 (now 87) years old	Writing
Yasuo Higuchi as Original Music Composer. He was 20 (now 72) years old	Sound

Love and Death at Fuji Speedway (51 years)

Release day: Wednesday, December 27, 1972
Runtime: 80 minutes