Freeway Speedway 3

1991 1h 6m JA

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10.0

MASTERPIECE

★10.0TMDB · 2

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Synopsis

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Former Megalopolis Express Freeway record holder Kyosuke has retired from street racing and now belongs to a pro racing team. One day while performing time trials, a Toyota Supra comes onto the track and challenges Kyosuke to a race, but he is no match for the former street racing record holder. Kyosuke is still haunted by that devastating crash that occurred on the Expressway a few years ago, which caused him to leave street racing. When Kyosuke hears his old rival, Yusuke has crashed on the freeway while racing the unknown Supra, Kyosuke returns to the Megalopolis Express Freeway for one last street race.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kazuhiko Nishimura
Kyohei Kobayashi
Reiko Takashima
Miyuki Ozawa
Daisuke Nagakura
A customer at a shot bar
Minoru Toyoshima
A shot bar clerk
Shūji Kataoka
Keiichi Tsuchiya
Ikuo Fukuda
Yusuke Suzuki
Noriko Fujita
Magazine reporter

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yoshihiro Tsukada
Writers: Yoshihiro Tsukada
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 66-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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35 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 Yoshihiro Tsukada, 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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Kazuhiko Nishimura and Reiko Takashima and Daisuke Nagakura carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0448930 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Yoshihiro Tsukada 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 66-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
235 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 Yoshihiro Tsukada, 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.
7Kazuhiko Nishimura and Reiko Takashima and Daisuke Nagakura carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0448930 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.