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Safari 5000

Safari 5000

19697.32h 57m

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.

Directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara
Written by Nobuo Yamada, Gôzô Kasahara
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Top Cast

Yūjirō Ishihara

Yūjirō Ishihara

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Yūichirō Takase

Emmanuelle Riva

Emmanuelle Riva

Ruriko Asaoka

Ruriko Asaoka

Jūzō Itami

Jūzō Itami

Kazuhiko Kasai

Kazuhiko Kasai

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Shinji Kanai

Jean-Claude Drouot

Jean-Claude Drouot

Alain Cuny

Alain Cuny

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About Safari 5000

Safari 5000 is a action, adventure film released in 1969. Directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara, it stars Yūjirō Ishihara, Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshirō Mifune. 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.

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