Slow Down
1991 · 107 min · Drama
Youth movie set in Osaka about the trial and tribulations of growing up. Centered around three close friends, a bike racer, a yakuza thug and a spoiled rich boy - who meet a girl from Tokyo. Based on director Shinsuke Shimada's own book "Kaze, to Suzuka".
Directed by Shinsuke Shimada · Written by Narito Kaneko
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