Yukari Ichiuji

Hiroshi Nanjo is an active and tactful youth devoting more of his energies to his part time job than to studying for a college entrance exam. On the other hand, Bunpei Noro is an awkward fellow who once failed in a college entrance exam and is now studying hard for a second try. ‘Light and Shade of Youth’ depicts the friendship between these two young men of opposite characters, interlacing a cute waitress along the way.

Une lettre arrive pour Tora de la part de Lily (Ruriko Asaoka) dont il n’avait plus de nouvelles : elle est hospitalisée après avoir fait un malaise sur son lieu de travail à Okinawa. Le camelot se rend à Naha pour répondre au souhait de Lily de le revoir. Il se montre dévoué et aux petits soins avec elle, et Lily peut finalement sortir de l’hôpital. Ils louent alors une petite maison et emménagent ensemble. Mais un jour, une grosse dispute finit par éclater entre eux…

Hiromi Go plays a high school student who need's a role model in his life badly. He's raised by his older sister played by Keiko Matsuzaka who is a hostess at a night club. She meets a man who becomes her boy friend. He races in a off road car rally professionally. The same man becomes Go's role model and teaches him sophisticated car driving technique. One of the technique taught is 'double clutch' ( Thus the movie's title Double Kuracchi ) to make gear transition smoothly between shifts. Through a misfortunate accident Matsuzaka's character dies and Go is left to fend for his life. Hiromi Go was a big pop idol in Japan when this movie was created. Both Go and Matsuzaka still enjoys high celebrity status in Japan.