Kazumi Kawai

"BLOW THE NIGHT!" Let's Spend the Night Together is a 1983 Japanese docu-drama shot on 16mm film starring actual Yanki gang members as many of the main characters.

A beautiful Filipino woman who had been assaulted is brought to Mai Asakawa, a doctor working at a large hospital. Mai's treatment saves the woman's life but a few days later, she jumps to her death from the hospital roof. The police rule it a suicide, but Mai, suspicious of the cause of death, goes undercover as a hostess at the club where the victim worked and begins to investigate the truth...

In 1940, Kubota Shoten, which has been in business for generations, goes bankrupt due to the debauched lifestyle of its president, Kunimitsu Kubota. Subsequently, Kunimitsu moves back to his hometown and his children are sent to live with other relatives.

#11 in the series, after "Sweet Trap."

Set in Sapporo during the oil crisis of the early '70s, the film centers on the Hokkaitei soba stand run by a stoic patriarch and his perky wife. One New Year's day, a haggard-looking mother and her two adorable moppets poke their heads into the restaurant and ask for a single bowl of kakesoba. Noticing that the trio is looking a little low in the heels, she puts in an extra scoop of noodles. The youngest boy declares that the soba is delicious. The next year, the same threesome appears again asking for one bowl of kakesoba. This time the old man dumps in two helpings. He is struck by how much the youngest looks like their own son who was hit by a truck three years previous. The following year, the three return and this time the mother tells her story...

Yoshimatsu lusts after Mikiko. He attempts to get closer to her by seducing Mikiko's mother.

The story of friendship, love and sportsmanship among high-school students.

#8 in the series, after "Lady Loan Shark."