Safari 5000 (1969)

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Safari 5000 on IMDb 6.1/10 19 votes

Released:
1969-07-19

Overview:
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

Runtime:
2h 57min

Genre:
Action, Adventure

  • Cast:
  • Yūjirō Ishihara
  • Tatsuya Nakadai
  • Toshirō Mifune
    as
    Yūichirō Takase
  • Emmanuelle Riva
  • Ruriko Asaoka