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A couple days later I found another example from across the Pacific. During a Japanese music countdown TV show, they showed a clip from a video by a J-Rock band named FoZZtone. One of the characters in the music video or "PV" ,as they are known in Japan drives a red KGC10 Skyline sedan. The car looks to be lowered and has Watanabe wheels. Here are a couple frames I grabbed from the video.
The name of the song is taira na sekai. I tried to find the video on YouTube, but it was not there. There is a link to a streaming version here (Japanese Only). It's a good song and a good PV.
Vintage Japanese cars are rising in popularity and "coolness" both in the west and in Japan. It's interesting to see them get more mainstream exposure.
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