Kiyoshi Nishimura

A truck driver is reunited with friends from his youth in a seedy bar, and gets drawn into a web of crime.

A top police-guard, charged with protecting a visiting politician and ruthless dictator, contends with an assassin set to kill the man. (letterboxd.com)

Hairpin Circus is a story of a former race driver Misao (Kiyoshi Misaki), who left the motor sports world after a traumatizing race accident. Love for cars remains, though, and he now makes a living as a driving instructor. The local youth tease him daily, trying to challenge him into their irresponsible street races. How long can the old wolf refuse the temptation to show the new adrenaline addict generation what real driving is all about? (Sketches of Cinema review)

A young couple, composed of 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.