174 minutes
5/18/1988
Team DANKAI are a group of drivers set to compete in the Paris-Dakar Rally, an off-road endurance race spanning thousands of miles and multiple continents. Prior to the event, team leader Mizuki (Nenji Kobayashi) is ordered by their sponsor to add popular celebrity Ryuichi Yoshii (Goro Ohashi) to the roster for publicity. This exacerbates DANKAI's resentments and baggage. Needing a steady hand to mediate dispute and navigate their support vehicle, Mizuki recruits legendary, retired mechanic and driver Eiji Honma (Ken Takakura) to the team. Honma soon discovers his ex-wife Kei (Ayumi Ishida) is also participating in the rally, alongside her current husband, the bullfighter Antonio Vázquez (Tomas Arana). He is also accompanied by Yuko Takei (Junko Sakurada), a singer who followed Yoshii from Japan.
Ken Takakura
as Eiji Honma
Junko Sakurada
as Yuko Takei
Philippe Leroy
as Toto Luciano
Nenji Kobayashi
as Mizuki
Goro Ohashi
as Ryuichi Yoshii
Ryudo Uzaki
as Katsuragi
Shin Takuma
as Itoi
Goro Kataoka
Kenji Isomura
Jean Claude Robe
Hiroshi Fuse
as Yasu
Tsutomu Tomura
Yuzuru Nishimura
Beppe Chierici
Tomas Arana
as Antonio Vázquez
Ayumi Ishida
as Kei
Hideharu Otaki
as Hikawa
Kazue Tsunogae
Mayumi Asaka
as Erika Yokouchi
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Haruko Katō
as Eiji’s mother
Takeshi Ōbayashi
Shinsho Nakamaru
Shinji Kanai
Richard De Burnchurch
Carlo Monni
Sokyu Fujita
Masahiko Sakata
Satoru Saito
Makoto Kakeda
Takami Morioka
Satoru Fukasaku
Masumi Okada
as Ozaki
Hideji Ōtaki
Mariko Fuji
Yōsuke Natsuki
as Mitsubishi Citizen's Director
Alain Cuny
as Don Macine
Jean-Claude Drouot
Ryō Ikebe
as Nakazawa
Lazzaro Calcagno