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.
Unfortunately the movie Love and Death at Fuji Speedway is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Tōru Murakawa | Director |
Art | Yoshie Kikukawa | Art Direction |
Sound | Yasuo Higuchi | Original Music Composer |
Sound | Seri Ishikawa | Music |
Production | Akira Miura | Producer |
Writing | Kazuhiko Furuya | Screenplay |
Writing | Tōru Murakawa | Screenplay |
Directing | Yoshihisa Nakagawa | Assistant Director |
Lighting | Haruo Kawashima | Lighting Director |
Camera | Shinsaku Himeda | Director of Photography |
Editing | Shinya Inoue | Editor |