The film trilogy retells the beginning of the story from Shuuichi Shigenos original car-racing manga. High school student Takumi Fujiwara works as a gas station attendant during the day and a delivery boy for his fathers tofu shop during late nights. Little does he know that his precise driving skills and his fathers modified Toyota Sprinter AE86 Trueno make him the best amateur road racer on Mt. Akinas highway. Because of this, racing groups from all over the Gunma prefecture issue challenges to Takumi to see if he really has what it takes to be a road legend.