Safari 5000

栄光への５０００キロ

A Japanese racing driver for Nissan named Godai (Yujiro Ishihara) have a rivalry with a French driver named Pierre (Jean-Claude Drouot). Godai is enlisted to race in an annual endurance race, The East African Safari Rally. Peripheral to this is the story concerning Godai's former lover Yuko (Ruriko Asaoka), a fashion designer, and her friend Anna (Emmanuel Riva), who happens to be Pierre's wife.

Director

Koreyoshi Kurahara

Screenplay

Nobuo Yamada

Screenplay

Gôzô Kasahara

Music

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Status

Released

Release date

19/07/1969

Original language

Japanese