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Hair Pin Circus

Japanese Movie

3800yen
(4180yen Tax incl. in Japan)
US$ 23.52
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Release Date November 18, 2020
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Catalog No.KIBF-1853
JAN/ISBN 4988003865375
Product Type DVD
TV Standard NTSC
Number of Discs 1
Label/DistributorKing Records
Color Color
Running Time 153minutes
Original Release Year 1972
Layers single-sided/dual-layered
Aspect Ratio(s) 16:9LB Cinemascope
Region 2
SubtitlesNone
Audio Track Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0ch

Description

[Machine Translation] TOYOTA 2000GT vs. Mazda Savanna RX-3! Japan's most famous cars race down the highway in the middle of the night! The best Japanese car action film. Young people running on public roads at night, repulsed by something, two love-struck cars intertwining at a tremendous speed, roaring exhaust notes and gorgeous cine-jazz, and a man and a woman running at full speed, burning for their lives.... Based on an original story by Hiroyuki Itsuki and directed by Kiyoshi Nishimura, the genius of the Toho New Action genre, this is a masterpiece of action that can only be described as a miracle. In an era when there was no such thing as computer graphics, the images of the famous TOYOTA 2000GT racing through the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway and Yokohama at breakneck speeds are all genuine. There were no traffic restrictions for filming, and these images could never have been shot today. This film was made based on the belief that "there are no lies about cars..." In addition to Kiyoshi Misaki, who plays the lead role, the film features active racers of the time such as Nobuhide Tachi and Fumiyasu Sato, and Yoshio Ohtsubo, a former works driver for Team Toyota in the 1960s, participated as the technical director. The film features racing scenes shot at the actual Macau Grand Prix and car action on public roads, and is a masterpiece of Japanese car action that is as powerful and realistic as the Hollywood car action masterpieces such as "Britt". The film is further enhanced by the original soundtrack by Masaaki Kikuchi, one of the biggest names in the Japanese jazz world. The sound was created not as a sound accompanying the images, but as a sound that stands on an equal footing with the images, and its collision with the images creates a texture of a different dimension that cannot be found anywhere else. --Since the Macau Grand Prix, Shunya Shimao's name has disappeared from the racing world. The trauma of the accidental death of his rival Misawa has robbed Shimao of the single-minded passion he had for racing. He now works as an instructor at a driving school, but his face lacks the freshness it once had, and he has the apathy of a man whose youth is already over. One day, Shimao sees a group of young men on the highway who are driving a car on the highway, provoking the other car into an accident. One day, Shimao sees a group of youths on the highway, provoking the other car and causing it to crash.
Special Feature / Bonus Track: interview footage
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Description in Japanese

ヘアピン・サーカス / 邦画

TOYOTA2000GT vs. マツダサバンナRX-3!! 日本が誇る名車たちが疾走する真夜中のハイウェイ! 国産カーアクション映画の最高峰。何ものかに反撥して夜の公道を突っ走る若者たち、凄まじいスピードの中で絡み合う愛に飢えた2台の車、轟音を奏でるエグゾーストノートとぶつかり合う華麗なるシネジャズ、そしていのちを燃やして疾走する男と女・・・。五木寛之の原作をもとに、東宝ニューアクションの鬼才西村潔監督がメガホンを取った、まさに奇跡としかいいようのない傑作アクション。『バニシング・ポイント』などのアメリカン・ニューシネマと同時代に登場した、これこそ極東ニューシネマとも言える鮮烈な一作。CGなど無かった時代、首都高、横浜を名車TOYOTA2000GTが猛スピードで駆け抜ける映像はすべてホンモノ。撮影のための交通規制などいっさい無い、現代では決して撮りえない映像である。"車に関してウソは描かない・・・"この信念のもと製作された本作は、主役の見崎清志のほか舘信秀、佐藤文康など当時の現役レーサーを起用、さらにテクニカルディレクターとして、60年代のチームトヨタで活躍した元ワークスドライバー大坪善男が参加。実際のマカオ・グランプリで撮影されたレースシーン、公道でのカーアクションなど、『ブリット』などのハリウッド製カーアクションの傑作群に決して引けをとらない、国産カーアクションの最高傑作といえる迫力とリアリティを備えている。そして本作をよりいっそう引き立てるのが日本ジャズ界屈指のビッグネーム、菊地雅章によるオリジナルサウンドトラック。映像に付随する音としてではなく、映像と対等な立場に立つものとして作られた音は、画と衝突することによって他にはみられない異次元の肌ざわりを生み出している。 ――マカオのグランプリ以来、島尾俊也の名はレース界から消えた。ライバルの三沢を事故死させてしまった心の傷が、島尾からレースに賭けるひたむきな情熱を奪ってしまった。自動車教習所の指導員というのが今の職業だが、島尾の表情にはかつて見せていた生彩はなく、既に青春を終えてしまった男の無気力さが色濃くあった。ある日、島尾は高速道路でカモを見つけては相手の車を挑発して事故に追いやっている若者のグループを目撃する。そのグループの中で女王然と振舞う一人の女に島尾は見覚えがあった・・・。
映像特典: 関係者インタビュー (原一民、安武龍、大坪善男、見崎清志)

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    HAIRPIN CIRCUS
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