Cheesy '70s Japanese racing film featuring a TCS

[literarymadness]

Don't know anything about the background of this cheesy '70s Japanese flick, but the main character's car is a White TCS.  The first part is like a bad Japanese version of the Fast and Furious. Later on he is in a track race against some serious '70s exotic metal like a Miura and a Countach. It also shows him adding some strange parts on to beef up his engine for the race.  I don't speak Japanese but it does show his car a lot. It is like the TCS is the star of the film.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqE13tfZkqM

[surfguitar58]

That is hilarious!  This appears to be a live action version of the cartoon Circuit Wolf, a Japanese version of Speed Racer (which was also Japanese but awkwardly dubbed in English.) I'm told this cartoon is responsible for a whole generation of Europa lovers in that country.

I love how the "Americans" in service uniforms are the baddies. They look suspiciously Japanese, but they are wearing sunglasses, so I guess we are not supposed to notice that. I haven't finished it yet, but I can already tell it is going to be amusingly over-the-top racist. Probably why we Yanks got the toned down Speed Racer and not Circuit Wolf. There is so much to make fun of here!

Tom

[Sandyman]

Wow! Just consumed my annual allotment of cheese. In the first race it seemed that the TC had more gears than a Peterbuilt. Fun to watch.
Sandy

[BDA]

They really don't like Americans or their cars! I love the way how the race cars can drive wherever they want on the track! I thought they were on a parade lap till I saw a sign that said it was lap 5! (Did I see another sign later saying it was lap 3?!) The pictures on the dash are a nice touch!

Lots of cheese there!

[Bainford]

C'est fromage. Very cool. Lots to giggle at.

[1970EuropaGuy]

I just breezed through the film, very tacky but good fun. I'll have to watch it completely some evening when I'm sick of hearing about the Carona Virus.

[BERNIEHUMBER]

HI:
Great "cheese" flick!
Not as bad as the old,dubbed science-fiction ones(Rodan).
I worked at Expo 70 in Osaka back in the day and I was amazed at the traffic.
No stop signs just parabolic mirrors and everyone wore those "hole in the knuckle" racing gloves.
I drove bike(BSA) back then so I bought a Shoei helmet(not available in Canada back then).
The funnest thing was I took it back with me as carry on in the plane and I couldn't put it under the seat nor up top.
So I wore it (at least as long as the attendant was around checking belts). 
She thought I was wearing it because I was afraid of flying!!Died laughing!!!

[literarymadness]

@ Surfguitar58   Good call! The translation of the title from Japanese to English is literally "The Wolf is on the Street not the Circuit."

[BDA]

So among your many talents, 'madness, you can also read Japanese?!

[literarymadness]

Every once in a while it actually pays to be a linguistics professor.  I just wish I knew as much about Europas as I do academics or music.  But I'll get there one day BDA.

[Rosco5000]

That was entertaining to watch, if only for all the car spotting, what a great lineup of cars to have the Europa associated with.  I laughed ever time they lined up side by side for a racing corner and the inside car zooms through.   Too bad there isn't a dubbed over version that could be twice as entertaining!  Thanks for sharing.
Ross