A young couple, composed by a cheating wife and a retired car racer, arrive at a drive-in. A man with a gun arrives at the restaurant and takes hostages. Chaos ensues in director's Kiyoshi Nishimura's debut film, almost totally filmed in one space.
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Toshio Kurosawa Mako Midori Kōji Takahashi Tatsuyoshi Ehara Shigeki Ishida Daigo Kusano Kazuya Oguri Nami Tamura Chūzaburō Wakamiya Jin Nakayama Hisaya Ito Yû Sekita Yasushi Matsubara Haruo Suzuki Yukihiko Kondo Yoshio Katsube Shigeo Katô Hiroyuki Satake Eisaburo Komatsu Kenzo Echigo Umanosuke Kingentei Yumi Kinouchi Kiiko Sato
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