The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

"On the streets of Tokyo, speed needs no translation."

2006 1h 44m EN

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★6.6TMDB · 7,920

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In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Sean gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing

“On the streets of Tokyo, speed needs no translation.”

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Cast

Lucas Black
Sean Boswell
Nathalie Kelley
Neela
Sung Kang
Han Lue
Shad Moss
Twinkie
Brian Tee
D.K.
Leonardo Nam
Morimoto
Brian Goodman
Major Boswell
Zachery Ty Bryan
Clay

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Justin Lin
Writers: Chris Morgan
Languages: English, Japanese
Countries: Germany, United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $85M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Japanese.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Germany, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Fast and the Furious Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Justin Lin, shot by Stephen F. Windon. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Brian Tyler. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Kelly Matsumoto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

Justin Lin directs. Stephen F. Windon behind the camera. Brian Tyler scores. Kelly Matsumoto cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Germany, United States of America. Dialogue in English, Japanese.

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1Mid-budget at $85M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Released 20 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Japanese.
4International production across 2 countries: Germany, United States of America.
5Part of the "The Fast and the Furious Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Justin Lin, shot by Stephen F. Windon. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Brian Tyler. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Kelly Matsumoto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Lucas Black and Nathalie Kelley and Sung Kang carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "On the streets of Tokyo, speed needs no translation.".
11IMDB entry: tt0463985 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 11 themes, including "car race", "sequel", "auto-tuning", "street race".
13Released under 20 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Stephen F. Windon
Original score: Brian Tyler
Editing: Kelly Matsumoto
Production design: Ida Random
Costume design: Sanja Milkovic Hays
Makeup / hair: Linda Flowers
VFX supervisor: Mike Wassel
Sound: Andy Koyama
Stunt coordinator: Terry Leonard
Runtime: 104 min · 1h 44m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $85,000,000
Box office: $158,964,610
Return: 187% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

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The Fast and the Furious Collection

An action film series centered on illegal street racing and heists.

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GenerationofSwine2024-01-21
★ 5/10
My wife loves the franchise... I'm 3 deep and really not seeing the appeal. But, I do like the accent, it's a rarity that you see a film with a southern accent on the lead, and that is refreshing. Especially out in Japan, or anywhere that has an American abroad. The High school thing wasn't so much my speed. Neither was the reason why he ended up in Japan, where the problems he would have with driving and racing were resolved with... a phone call. And then I spent the majority of the time watching this and wondering how much money people in Japan spend on front end alignments and that was about as challenging as the movie got for me. Otherwise it was pretty paint by numbers from start to finish. But hey, the colors popped.

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