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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
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Poster for the film
Directed by Justin Lin
Produced by Neal H. Moritz
Written by Chris Morgan
Starring Lucas Black
Bow Wow
Sung Kang
Brian Tee
Jason Tobin
Nathalie Kelley
Keiko Kitagawa
Music by Brian Tyler
Cinematography Jan Kiesser
Stephen F. Windon
Editing by Dallas Puett
Fred Raskin
Distributed by Universal Studios
Release date(s) June 16, 2006
Running time 104 min
Language English
Preceded by 2 Fast 2 Furious
IMDb profile

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) is a spin-off to The Fast and the Furious and its sequel 2 Fast 2 Furious. The film features a new cast of characters and a different setting (Tokyo, Japan) from the other two films. Contrary to popular belief, the movie was not entirely shot in Tokyo. Some parts of the movie were shot in a Japanese American ethnic enclave north of downtown Los Angeles. The background in the movie was digitally programmed into the movie, as many filmmakers traveled to Tokyo and filmed various settings there.

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[edit] Plot outline

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The story starts with a typical day in a middle class American school where a young man named Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) is being given the once over by the security detail. Sean is a loner who has no friends and looks at the pep rally after school with contempt. As he's approaching his car(a street sleeper Chevrolet Monte Carlo), a girl (Nikki Griffin) in a Dodge Viper flirts with him. Her boyfriend (Zachery Ty Bryan) notices this. He and his friends make fun of his car and how it's pure crap, so Sean retorts with a taunt that the Viper is Clay's father's car. As Sean drives off, the enraged Clay throws a baseball through the back windshield. Sean steps out of his car with a wrench, but before he can attack Clay, Clay's girlfiend says she'll go out with whoever wins a race between the two, and as an added incentive, they're racing for pinks.

They race through a construction area and things are not going well for Sean at first. However, he manages to take a side road and ends up beating Clay's Dodge Viper in the end, after demolishing a house. Clay's girlfriend says "Looks like I have a new date for prom" and then Clay totals Sean's car by ramming it with his own, thereby giving him a wrecked Viper in the process, while Sean's car wipes out and flips several times before landing upside down.

After getting booked by the police, Clay's and his girlfriend's parents get the two off, seeing as they're well connected, but it looks like Sean is going to jail due to the fact that he has priors and that they're going to try him as an adult. Sean's mother (Lynda Boyd) comes in, and after flirting with the officer interrogating Sean, reveals that they've had to move several times due to Sean's racing. She ends up exhausting her last option by sending Sean to Tokyo to live with his dad, who serves in the U.S. Navy's outpost there.

As Sean arrives and rings the doorbell, his dad (Brian Goodman) ushers out the hooker he rented for the night. Sean comes in and sees the tiny dump which will be his new home. The next morning, he finds a Japanese school uniform on his bed, and gives it another look of contempt. In a Lost In Translation montage, Sean attempts to navigate the Japanese subway system in order to get to school.

When Sean finally arrives at school he notices an attractive girl, named Neela (Nathalie Kelley), in his homeroom. Later, as he's eating lunch, an Army brat comes in and introduces himself as Twinkie (Bow Wow), a cheap hustler who sells American goods such as Air Jordan sneakers, Snickers bars and the like. After they leave school Twinkie shows him his ride, which is a Volkswagen Touran that has basically been made to resemble the Hulk. Sean asks where all the action is and Twinkie takes him to an underground parking lot, where we see many tuned Silvias, Mazda RX-8 and a Veilside Honda NSX.

Sean sees Neela and they start talking while DK, short for Drift King, (Brian Tee) and his business partner Han (Sung Kang) talk and wonder who this Gaijin (Japanese for outsider) is. DK walks over and claims Neela. Twinkie stops Sean from getting into a confrontation and tells him that DK's uncle is part of the Yakuza crime syndicate. Sean doesn't back down though, and DK challenges him to a race. Han gives Sean the keys to his ride, a Nissan Silva S15 Spec-R, and the race is on.

At the very beginning Sean has a big lead on DK, but DK just smiles at Sean. Sean sees a very sharp turn, but doesn't go around in time, and smashes Han's ride. DK on the other hand pulls off a perfect drift and he's soon way ahead of Sean. DK ends up winning in a blowout and afterwards, Han just tells Sean not to leave town. Han also reveals he's been doing business with DK, and that DK is trying to prove his worth to his uncle by helping with the money laundering.

When Sean comes home his dad tells him that he knows what's going on. He threatens to send Sean back home (i.e. to jail) if he ever catches him street racing again.

The next day, Sean gets picked up by Han in his new Veilside Fortune Mazda RX-7 and he tells Sean that he will be working with him to pay off the car that Sean smashed in the race with DK. Sean is sent inside a public bath/sauna and is forced to ask a Sumo wrestler for money that he owes Han. After repeatedly tossing Sean out of the building (literally) the wrestler gives Han his money.

Later that night, Sean is driving Han's Veilside RX-7 down the highway, and after beating another car in a road race, two cops register his speed around 197 km/h but Sean notices that they don't give chase. Han explains that the cop cars are just stock models, and can't go over 180, so they don't even bother to try and catch him. Sean asks Han why he doesn't drift, and he says that there is rarely any good reason to do so. Sean asks why people do it then, so Han shows him by doing donuts around two girls in a Nissan Skyline GT-R R33, and they proceed to give him their phone numbers.

Han takes Sean to a party with lots of beautiful girls, and he takes him to his garage inside. Han gives him a heavily modified Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX, and later on the roof, Han tells Sean that "Life is simple, you make choices, and never look back". Later Sean breaks up a fight between Twinkie and Morimoto, a guy in DK's crew, over a broken iPod. Twinkie is pissed and tells him that everyone will want refunds now.

Sean begins to learn how to drift with the help of Han. Meanwhile, two fishermen (one of whom is played by the real life Drift King Keiichi Tsuchiya) make snide comments about Sean's initial technique. However, he starts getting better and and he easily beats Morimoto in a race. DK is noticeably mad because earlier he promised Han a Toyota AE86 if Sean beat Morimoto.

In class later, Sean sends Neela a message on her laptop asking why she never shows him her drifting. She responds with "You never ask" and next, we see them in Neela's Mazda RX-8, where she tells him that her mother was pretty much a prostitute, and she died when Neela was young. Neela also reveals that DK's grandmother took her in and when they were growing up, her and DK came to the current mountain she's drifting on with Sean, to watch the older kids drift.

The next day, DK pulls up to the harbor where Sean is practicing drifting and he brutally beats Sean and tells him to stay away from Neela. At school, Neela notices Sean's bruises so she confronts DK in his shop and tells him that they're done. DK says that she owes him and that she'd have ended up just like her mother if it wasn't for him and his family. She slaps him and promptly leaves. She shows up at Han's garage, crying, and Sean holds her and takes care of her.

Meanwhile, DK's uncle comes to see him. His uncle tells him that there is a discrepancy in the books, and that Han must be cheating them out of money. His uncle sighs and says to DK "I wish your father was here," but he starts to laugh, indicating DK's father possibly did the same thing as Han, and paid the price. DK is noticably shaken and scared.

DK confronts Han in his garage and he punches him and pulls out a gun. (DK:I put my reputation on the line for you!We were partners!You think you can keep your side deals from me?!) Han tells him that "this is what we do", and DK cocks his gun. Twinkie thinks fast and creates a distraction, giving Han and Sean & Neela a chance to escape. A car chase ensues through the Tokyo streets. Morimoto (driving a gold Nissan Fairlady Z) rams Sean and when he tries to pass him, he crashes head-on into an oncoming Toyota Aristo, and it triggers a massive pile-up. DK is now after Sean, ramming him continuously until Han gets in his way. Sean tries to flee with Neela but he crashes in to an oncoming car, wrecking his Lancer Evolution IX instantly. DK (driving his Nissan Fairlady Z 350Z) overtakes Han and turns his car 180 degrees and he is now driving backwards. DK wields his gun and starts firing at the windshield of the Veilside RX-7 to try and kill Han but Han dodges and rams DK while he is driving backwards, spinning him, but then Han is hit hard by an oncoming car and flips his vehicle, landing upside-down.Han,injured and bleeding on the face ,is pinned in his wreck of a car. Sean starts to rush to his rescue but the gasoline and the Nitrous in his car catch fire and the car explodes, killing Han instantly.

Sean and Neela go to his dad's house but DK follows them. After getting punched out three times by Sean, DK pulls out his gun. Sean's dad however pulls his gun on DK and tells him to leave, but DK says he won't unless Neela goes with him. Neela agrees and they drive off. Sean's dad wants him to get on a plane that night for his own safety, but Sean says it's his mess and he has to fix it.

Twinkie meets Sean and gives him the money that Han took from the Yakuza. Sean takes it to the local Yakuza club, and gives it to DK's uncle. He tells him that he wants to race DK and whoever loses has to leave town because they've both dishonored him. DK's uncle agrees.

Sean goes back to Han's garage, but all the cars are gone, except for the Silvia S15 he ruined in his first race at the parking garage. They take out the Silvia S15's RB26DETT engine, and place it into the 1967 Ford Mustang that Sean's father had been building in his free time. The race is on Hakone mountain, the mountain Neela took him to, but DK has the advantage because he's the only one to ever make it down to the bottom in one piece.

The race is a sequence of drifts down the hills and ther is danger at every turn. Sean's Ford Mustang tries to catch up to DK's Fairlady Z, but when they get side-by-side DK rams him, scraping the paint across their cars. As they go further downhill, DK jumps a rock suffering major damge to his car. At one sharp turn, DK makes a wide drift and collides into a parked car and Sean takes the lead. As a final desperate maneuver DK tries to fishtail Sean, but Sean suddenly stops the car, sending DK flying off the edge of the turn. As Sean makes his way towards the finish line, DK's car comes dropping down, almost crushing the Mustang and killing Sean but he manages to narrowly evade the falling car before it hits the ground. Sean makes his way across the finish line, victorious. The now dethroned DK survives the crash but he suffers a humiliating defeat at the hands of Sean. DK's uncle tells Sean he is free to go, and DK presumably leaves Tokyo.

Later, Sean is hanging out in the underground parking lot with his friends and Twinkie comes up and tells him someone wants to race the new Drift King. He says the guy has been beating everyone across Asia. Sean says no at first but then Twinkie tells him that this guy knew Han and that he considered Han to be family. The mystery car pulls up and we see that it's none other than Dominic Toretto (first "Fast and the Furious" movie), driving his 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner (there is much speculation on what car this is but when you freeze-frame the movie on the part where the back of Dominic's car is showing, the car has a 6 letter name. It says HAMMER refering to the name given to the car by the original creators of the car, Pure Vision). Dominic (Vin Diesel) tells Sean that he won his car from Han a few years ago and Sean states that he didn't know Han was into American muscle. As the movie comes to a close Sean tells Dom that this is no 10 second race. He responds with "I got nothin' but time", Dominic then says "You ready kid?", Neela then comes to start the race and they go off. There is no resolution as to who won that race. The movie then cuts to the credits.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Featured cars<ref>Kris Palmer The Fast and the Furious The Official Car Guide Motorbooks ISBN 0-7603-2568-5 ISBN-13 9780760325681</ref>

Car Color Year Driven by Condition/Fate in Film
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII Red 2006 Sean Boswell<ref>The Fast and the Furious The Official Car Guide Pg 94-99</ref> Wrecked by the incoming car on the side while fleeing, triggering few more cars crashing.
Ford Mustang Fastback (RB26 engine swap) Highland Green/White Stripes 1967 Sean Boswell<ref>The Fast and the Furious The Official Car Guide Pg 94-99</ref> Cosmetic damage throughout the entire body. Still driveable.
Chevrolet Monte Carlo Beige/Gray 1971 Sean Boswell<ref>The Fast and the Furious The Official Car Guide Pg 70-75</ref> Rolled multiple times during race with Clay's Dodge Viper.Wrecked and landed upside down. Crushed by Phoenix police following Sean's arrest.
Nissan Silvia S15 Blue/Orange 2000 Sean Boswell (originally Han)<ref>The Fast and the Furious The Official Car Guide Pg 76-79</ref> Major cosmetic and suspension damage due to Sean's inexperience with drifting. RB26DETT engine taken out and transplanted into 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback.
Mazda RX-8 Aqua/Blue/Black 2006 Neela<ref>The Fast and the Furious The Official Car Guide Pg 86-89</ref> Driven on a Touge mountain with Sean.
Nissan Fairlady 350Z Black/Gunmetal 2006 D.K.<ref>The Fast and the Furious The Official Car Guide Pg 90-93</ref> Flipped multiple times and fell off the road several hundred feet down and landed upside down during the race with the 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback.
Veilside RX-7 Orange/Black 1994 Han<ref>The Fast and the Furious The Official Car Guide Pg 94-99</ref> Wrecked after a side collision with a Mercedes-Benz S-Class and flipped upside down. Ruptured fluids ignited and exploded, killing Han.
Nissan Fairlady 350Z Gold/Black 2002 Morimoto <ref>The Fast and the Furious The Official Car Guide Pg 100-103</ref> Smashed into a dark green Toyota Aristo at high speed during the city chase.
Nissan Fairlady 350Z Blue/Silver 2003 Tea Hair<ref>The Fast and the Furious The Official Car Guide Pg 106-109</ref> Major cosmetic damage to roof when crushed by Han's garage door
Nissan Silvia S-13 1993 Virgil <ref>The Fast and the Furious The Official Car Guide Pg 104-105</ref>
Mazda RX-8 Red 2006 Jan Rodriguez<ref>The Fast and the Furious The Official Car Guide Pg 86-89</ref>
Mercedes-Benz S-Class Black 1999 Kamata
Volkswagen Golf R32 2006 Reiko Possible front end damage.<ref>The DVD features a deleted scene where Earl (Jason J. Tobin) shoots his mouth about everyone in the garage. As a result, he gets tied up to the roof of the Golf R32 while Twinkie (Bow Wow) and Reiko (Keiko Kitagawa) take it for a spin.</ref>
Volkswagen Touran Green with The Incredible Hulk design scheme 2006 Twinkie
Dodge Viper SRT10 Red 2004 Clay Wrecked into the concrete pipe.
Plymouth Roadrunner "Hammer" 1970 Dominic Ended the movie by racing Sean's Nissan Silvia

[edit] Rumors and information leaked prior to release

Given the nature of the movie, fans of the import and drifting scenes cast a critical eye on information that leaked prior to the release of the movie.

  • Modified Magazine pictured in their October 2005 editorial that two of the cars in the film were a Veilside RX-7 and a 1960's Ford Mustang Fastback with an engine swap from a Nissan Skyline. The article also mentioned possible appearances of other show cars from the various Tuning firms.
  • The website MovieCarZ was one of several car locating firms that posted a list of wanted cars for the film, mainly background and set cars. According to the Modified Magazine editorial, most of the "Star Cars" were ones from Tuning firms and already filled. Among some of the wanted cars on their list were the Toyota Corolla AE86 (a homage to the anime Initial D); mainstays in the tuning world like Toyota Supra, Mazda RX-7, Nissan Silvia, and Honda Civic; Luxury and Exotic Cars (possibly Japanese luxury cars like the Toyota Celsior/Lexus LS400 and the Nissan Cefiro/Infiniti I30), RHD (Right-Hand-Drive) cars, and even Japanese Classics.
  • On the website Streetfire.net, spy footage from a set shoot shows a Nissan 350Z and a Ford Mustang Fastback in what appears to be Touge action.
  • The forums at Toyota Nation had a posting where the set of F&F: Tokyo Drift took over a portion of downtown LA. In the spy shots, a fleet of modified RX-7's, Nissan 350Z's, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolutions, and a fleet of keicars were stored in a lot, while other shots showed the set crew putting up Japanese signs over existing signs and setting up shots.<ref>"Toyota Nation Forums Posting." Toyotanation.com. Accessed 24 February 2006</ref>
  • Sport Compact Car tested the cars of the film, and noted that the cars in Tokyo Drift were slightly faster in an acceleration matchup with the cars from 2 Fast 2 Furious.<ref>Sport Compact Car "Fast, Furious, & Drifting" By John Pearley Huffman July 2006 Pg. 56-92</ref>
  • Hot Rod Magazine reviewed the domestic cars of the film (The RB26 equipped Mustang, the Monte Carlo, and the Dodge Viper) and noted that most of the drifting action done by the Mustang were handled by Mustangs equipped with the Windsor Engine. They also lamented the possibility that tuners might swap in Japanese motors into American cars.<ref>Hot Rod Magazine "Build Fast. Fabricate Furiously." By John Pearley Huffman July 2006 Pg. 56-64</ref>

[edit] Reaction to the film

[edit] Fans' Response

Despite mixed reviews, Tokyo Drift brought in over $24 million on its opening weekend. The movie itself was in limited release in Japan and South Korea. As of November 17, 2006 the domestic box office take has totalled $62,514,415 with another $95,318,994 from the foreign box office, resulting in total receipts of $157,833,409.[1]

[edit] Critics' Response

The film received mixed reviews by film critics, such as Michael Medved, who gave Tokyo Drift 1 1/2 stars (out of four) saying, "There’s no discernible plot...or emotion, or humor."<ref>"Michael Medved's Eye On Entertainment." MichaelMedved.com. Accessed 21 June 2006</ref> James Berardinelli from Reelviews also gave it 1 1/2 stars out of four, saying that "There's something odd about Tokyo Drift. It fetishizes cars in a way that's almost unhealthy. When the vehicles appear in the same scene as a bunch of scantily clad Asian women, the camera is drawn not to cleavage but to carburetors."<ref>"Review: Fast and The Furious, The: Tokyo Drift." ReelViews: James Berardinelli's Movie Reviews. Accessed 3 July 2006</ref>

Richard Roeper also levelled strong criticism of the film, writing: "The whole thing is preposterous. The acting is so awful, some of the worst performances I’ve seen in a long, long time."<ref> Richard Roper rottentomatoes.com accessed July 18, 2006</ref>

Several critics found much to like about the film, including Roeper's cohort Roger Ebert, who rated the film three out of four stars saying director Justin Lin "takes an established franchise and makes it surprisingly fresh and intriguing," and also concludes that the film is "more observant than we expect... the story about something more than fast cars."<ref>"Reviews :: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift." RogerEbert.com. Accessed 3 July 2006</ref> Empire Magazine in the UK gave the film 3 out of 5 stars.

[edit] Trivia

[edit] Cameos

  • Vin Diesel makes an uncredited appearance as Dominic Toretto (his character from the original Fast and the Furious film), claiming to be a friend of Han's.
  • Real life "Drift King" and drift pioneer Keiichi Tsuchiya also makes an appearance during the scenes where Lucas Black's character (Sean Boswell) is learning how to drift. He appears as an old fisherman who makes snide comments on Sean's lack of proper drift technique.
  • Rhys Millen, the primary stunt driver in the film, has a cameo appearance as one of the passengers in the airplane scene.
  • John Cho, the Korean American actor who appeared in Justin Lin's Better Luck Tomorrow also appears in the airplane scene.
  • Former sumo wrestler Konishiki makes an appearance in the bathhouse scene as one of the collection marks that owes money to Han.
  • Japanese pop superstars Ayumi Hamasaki and Mika Nakashima can be seen in background pans around Tokyo.
  • Import Models Verena Mei and Mari Jaramillo are in the Skyline drifted around in circles by Han.
  • During the start lines near the beginning and at the end of the movie, Import Models Aiko Tanaka (Setto) and Kaila Yu (Ready) flank the start line. Satoshi Tsumabuki (Go) starts off the first race in the parking garage.
  • Toshi Hayama, the English language speaking commentator at both the US and UK D1 Grand Prix events, makes an appearance at the gate to the parking garage.
  • MC Hammer makes numerous cameo appearances throughout the film, hawking electronics and cell phones on advertisements. The cameos stem from a chance encounter with Lin at the Sundance Film Festival before he made Better Luck Tomorrow.<ref>Interrogation Room: What up, Toshi? by Jonathan Wong Super Street September 2006, pg. 116</ref>
  • Ricardo Mazul and Alex Rodriguez (The original Latin kings of comedy) made numerous appearences. The most noticeable part was when they were at the party in the room where Han took Sean that was filled with mostly women. After this movie they went back to the drawing board, so to speak, to think up of their next film and continue as the prestigious filmakers everyone knows them as.

[edit] Technical

  • The RB26DETT (Motor found in the Nissan Skyline GT-R) powered Mustang in the film has been subject to much criticism by fans of both USDM cars and JDM cars. The criticism grew when it was revealed that the car itself barely had any screen time, and regular stunt Mustangs used for the drifting scenes were powered by 430cid Windsor V8 engines.<ref>Hot Rod Magazine "Build Fast. Fabricate Furiously." By John Pearley Huffman July 2006 Pg. 59 Sidebar</ref> <ref>Tokyo Drift: Skyline-Powered 1967 Ford Mustang modifiedmustangs.com Accessed 2006, 25 July.</ref>
    • According to SCC, 1 Mustang received the RB26 swap, while 5 other Mustangs were created for drifting purposes. 2 were destroyed in the process.<ref>Sport Compact Car "Tokyo Drift by the Numbers" By John Pearley Huffman July 2006 Pg. 92</ref>
    • In addition, the RB26 Mustang was shown to be faster than its V8 powered kin, with times of 0-60 in 5.38 seconds, and the quarter mile in 13.36 seconds at 109.83 MPH. The V8 powered machine was designed for drifting and suffered from no traction, while the inline 6 version was set strictly for straight line performance.<ref>Sport Compact Car "Ford Mustang GT-R; Pony with a Skyline's Heart" By John Pearley Huffman July 2006 Pg. 84-86</ref>
    • Actually the RB26 powered car was setup with exactly the same suspension as the rest of the Mustangs. The RB26 powered car was setup as the "hero" car, so it was never planned to use in any scene where it could be damaged. The RB powered car was faster than the V8 car, and the picture car coordinators didn't like it being faster. If you watch the Edmunds tests on the two cars, you will see that the RB Mustang is on the 19" Volk wheels, while the V8 Mustang was on slicks.
    • Behind the scene pictures[2] of the RB26 powered Mustang, and other cars.
  • The S15 Silvia which Black's character trashes in his first race in Japan is depicted as having an RB26DET engine swap which itself is donated to the Mustang. However, the car used was actually powered by the S15's base SR20DET engine<ref>"IGN Cars: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Car of the Day: Han's S15." IGN Cars Accessed 19 June 2006</ref>.
    • There were several copies of each car. The S15 shown to have the RB26 in it, had an SR20DET in it prior to the RB26DETT being mocked up in it.
  • The Veilside Fortune body-kitted RX-7 driven by Sung Kang's character was originally built by Veilside for the 2005 Tokyo Auto Salon but was later bought by Universal and repainted (the original was dark red and not orange and black like in the film)<ref>"IGN Cars: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Car of the Day: VeilSide RX-7." IGN Cars Accessed 19 June 2006</ref>.
  • Notable drifting personalities Keiichi Tsuchiya, Rhys Millen, and Samuel Hubinette were consulted and employed by the movie to provide and execute the drifting and driving stunts in the film.<ref>http://media.filmforce.ign.com/media/665/665274/vid_1535879.html</ref> Tanner Faust, Rich Rutherford, Calvin Wan, and Alex Pfeiffer were also brought in when it was revealed that none of Universal's own stunt drivers could drift.<ref>Interrogation Room: What up, Toshi? by Jonathan Wong Super Street Septemeber 2006, pg. 116</ref>
  • Toshi Hayama was also brought in to keep elements of the film portrayed correctly after being contacted by Roger Fan, an old high school friend that starred in Justin Lin's Better Luck Tomorrow, the organizers of the Japanese D1 Grand Prix series, and his former boss at A'PEXi. Among them are keeping certain references in check (the usage of Nitrous Oxide in straights but not in turns, keeping the usage of references from sponsors to a minimum, etc.).<ref>Interrogation Room: What up, Toshi? by Jonathan Wong Super Street Septemeber 2006, pgs. 144-118</ref>
  • Toshi Hayama also claims that a prop car was "stolen" by some of the action stars and taken for an impromptu "Drift Session" and never returned by the stars.<ref>Interrogation Room: What up, Toshi? by Jonathan Wong Super Street Septemeber 2006, pg. 116</ref>
    • An Evo IX was crashed by an actor, during an unauthorized session...

[edit] Inside references

  • The sentō proprietor is reading Initial D, an anime and manga franchise about a young teenage boy whom has a hidden talent for drift racing in the mountain passes of Gunma Prefecture.
  • DK bets his "86 Corolla" with Han on the result of a race, while Han puts up the "72 Skyline". "Drift King" Keiichi Tsuchiya is famously known for drifting in a Toyota AE86 Corolla Sprinter Trueno, while the 1972 Nissan Skyline (popularly known by the Japanese as the Hakosuka (ハコスカ), meaning box-Skyline) happens to be Keiichi Tsuchiya's first drift car.

[edit] Miscellaneous

  • The drifting done inside the parking lot was actually filmed in Los Angeles's old Hawthorne Mall parking lot. <ref>http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=115709 Edmund's Article</ref>
  • A section of Wilshire Blvd. in Downtown Los Angeles was retrofitted with signs and other props to resemble Tokyo's Shinjuku District during the city chase scene.
  • An intersection in Burbank, CA, was used to film the Shibuya District high-speed drift scene. Thousands of boxes were placed to represent the buildings, which were later added to the final print via CG, along with the swarm of pedestrians.
  • Subtle locality/regional flaws can be seen in the movie, such as the appearance of American Market Japanese Cars (Nissan Maxima & Mazda 626) in the street chase scene and numerous left-hand drive imports in the parking lot scene.
  • When Sean takes his Evo for the first mountain drifting lesson, video editing flaws are seen when his car appears with and without the rear wing alternately. As a side note, the rear wing was lost in his first practice at the bay.

[edit] Original Soundtrack

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

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