Hayato Akaboshi quits racing cars and settles in a village when he accidentally kills another driver. He works at a garage and turns its fortunes around, making the owner of another garage jealous.
Practical Effects
Actual cars actually driven, not CGI nonsense.
Acting
Nakamura's brooding mechanic energy carries the whole thing.
Director
Taikan Suga
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shunsuke Nakamura was primarily a singer before this; his brooding silence was partly because he was learning acting on the job.
The 'retired racer in rural Japan' trope peaked in 2000s J-cinema as economic anxiety made urban escape fantasies commercially viable.
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