Black Speeding

1964 1h 29m JA

DramaCrime

Synopsis

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Takuya Tsuda is a cop who loves motorcycles. One day a speeding motorcycle seriously injures a child and his investigations lead Takuya to Akio Yazawa, the boss of the Sakamoto Motorcycle Club.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Jiro Tamiya
Takuya Tsuda
Jun Fujimaki
Yukiko Fuji
Tatsuo Hanabu
Yūzō Hayakawa
Eiko Taki
Osamu Ōkawa
Jōtarō Senba

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sōkichi Tomimoto
Writers: Mitsuro Kotaki, Kazuo Funahashi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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62 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Black Series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sōkichi Tomimoto, shot by Yoshihisa Nakagawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Jiro Tamiya and Jun Fujimaki and Yukiko Fuji carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt8948516 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sōkichi Tomimoto directs. Yoshihisa Nakagawa behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
262 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Black Series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Sōkichi Tomimoto, shot by Yoshihisa Nakagawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Jiro Tamiya and Jun Fujimaki and Yukiko Fuji carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt8948516 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.