Freeway Speedway 2

1990 1h 8m JA

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9.5

MASTERPIECE

★9.5TMDB · 2

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Synopsis

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Takahiro Yamane is the owner of an automobile tuning shop. His friend, Junichi Tashiro, has a girlfriend Nozomi who's a reporter and has connections to the race driver Keiichi Tsuchiya. Tashiro accepts a challenge from another street racer named Sawaki, and dies in the attempt. Nozomi shows Takahiro the Skyline GT-R that she bought for her late boyfriend. She gifts this car to him. Takahiro, while discouraged by her not to drive the Shutoko again, Sawaki challenges him to a duel.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Daisuke Nagakura
Takahiro Yamane
Naomi Serizawa
Nozomi
Minoru Toyoshima
Z32 owner
Yasuo Shimosaka
Ikuo Fukuda
White Supra owner
Masami Ashikari
Saori Yoshimune
Arthur Kuroda
Takahiro Yamane's friend

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shūji Kataoka
Writers: Shūji Kataoka, Takeshi Saito
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 68-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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36 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Freeway Speedway Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Shūji Kataoka, shot by Satoshi Shimomoto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Yoshio Kitazawa shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Daisuke Nagakura and Naomi Serizawa and Minoru Toyoshima carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0448929 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Shūji Kataoka directs. Satoshi Shimomoto behind the camera. Yoshio Kitazawa cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 68-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
236 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Freeway Speedway Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Shūji Kataoka, shot by Satoshi Shimomoto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Yoshio Kitazawa shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Daisuke Nagakura and Naomi Serizawa and Minoru Toyoshima carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0448929 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.