Tōru Murakawa — Playwright (3)

Movie

最佳飞行员 (1990)
ベストガイ Douban
村川透 actor: 织田裕二 / 長森雅人 …
other title: ベストガイ / Best Guy
日本版『トップガン』を目指して作られたスカイアクション。空自千歳基地を舞台に、最優秀パイロットに冠せられる“ベストガイ”の称号を競う若者たちを描く。

Movie

哀愁のサーキット (1972)
Aishu no circuit Douban
Tôru Murakawa actor: Tôru Minegishi / Kei Kiyama …
other title: Aishu no circuit
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.