Wangan Midnight (1991)

Wangan Midnight 1991 / 湾岸ミッドナイト 1991 /

The story gets its roots from the street racing that occurs on Tokyo's Shuto Expressway Bayshore Route. 'Wangan' (literally bayshore in Japanese) is the endonym of this longest, straightest road in the entire country. Akio Asakura, a high school student in his last year of study, is driving his Nissan 300ZX(Z31) on the Shuto Expressway when he challenges Tatsuya Shima, a doctor, in his black Porsche 964 Turbo, dubbed the ‟BlackBird‟Every person who takes possession of the Z ends up spinning out of control and crashing, as if the car is rebelling against its driver. This gives the blue Z the nickname ‟The Devil Z‟.