The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Justin Lin

Writer (WGA):

Chris Morgan (written by)

Release Date:

16 June 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

If You Ain't Outta Control, You Ain't In Control.

Plot:

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, Shaun gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing.

Plot Keywords:

Tokyo | Drift Racing | Car | Illegal Street Racing | Yakuza

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Lucas Black	...	Sean Boswell
Damien Marzette	...	High School Security Guard (as Damien Marzett)
Trula M. Marcus	...	American Math Teacher (as Trula Marcus)
Zachery Ty Bryan	...	Clay (as Zachery Bryan)
Brandon Brendel	...	Clay's Buddy #1
Daniel Booko	...	Clay's Buddy #2
David V. Thomas	...	Clay's Buddy #3
Amber Stevens	...	Cheerleader #1
Ashika Gogna	...	Cheerleader #2
Christian Salazar	...	Chubby Hispanic Kid
Kevin Caira	...	Auto Shop Bully #1
Trey Sanford	...	Auto Shop Bully #2 (as Julius Trey Sanford)
Danny Ray McDonald II	...	Auto Shop Bully #3
Nikki Griffin	...	Cindy - Clay's Girlfriend
Vincent Laresca	...	Case Worker

Also Known As:

The Fast and the Furious 3 (USA) (working title)
Rápido y furioso: Reto Tokio (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
A todo gas - Tokyo race (Spain) [es]
Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift (France) [fr]
Hizli ve öfkeli - Tokyo yarisi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Hurjapäät - Tokio drift (Finland) [fi]
Kiired ja vihased - Tokyo drift (Estonia) [et]
Mahir Ve-Hazbani: Tokyo (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
Mahites ton dromon: Tokyo drift (Greece) [el]
Rapides et dangereux: Tokyo drift (Canada: French title) [fr]
Szybcy i wsciekli - Tokio drift (Poland) [pl]
The Fast and the Furious (Sweden) [sv]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for reckless and illegal behavior involving teens, violence, language and sexual content.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:12A | Finland:K-11 | Australia:M | Denmark:11 | South Korea:12 | Netherlands:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42737) | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (edited version) | Malaysia:18SG | Germany:12 | France:U | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Hungary:14 | Argentina:Atp | Hong Kong:IIA | Iceland:12 | UK:12 (DVD rating) | UK:12A (original rating) | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Canada:18A (Manitoba) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Brazil:14 | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

Hawthorne Plaza - 12124 Hawthorne Blvd., Hawthorne, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

The movie crew went to Japan and bought as many JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) vehicles as they needed. JDM vehicles have the steering wheel on the right.

Goofs:

Continuity: When telling DK she's breaking up with him in his little office, Neela's tie suddenly changes from hanging rather on her left to hanging straight down the middle.

Quotes:

Twinkie: You know that famous painting? The one with the woman smiling all the time?
Shawn Boswell: The Mona Lisa?
Twinkie: Right, right, right the Mona Lisa. Well look man, this car right here is like the Mona Lisa of the drift world. Han rebuilt this bad-boy from ground up. We talkin forged pistons, bigger turbo, new rise, new crankshaft. Hey man, Han's labour ain't cheap, you feel me?
Shawn Boswell: Well if I needed a 30 second lesson on how to drift...
Twinkie: All right look man there lots of ways you can do this all right. Handbraking is the easiest so the first thing I want you to do, i want you to rip that E-Brake all right. After you rip that E-Brake then I want you to power over.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Tokyo Mater (2008)

Soundtrack:

Ditty

The Cars do the talking.

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Directed by Justin Lin Starring: Mitsubishi Evo 9, Nissan Silva, Ford Mustang, RX 7, Toyota Chaser, Lucas Black, Bow Wow, Nathalie Kelly, Sung Kang, Sonny Chiba

I think the Mitsubishi should get a best actor nomination for next year's Oscars.

Nice cars. Nice music. Nice bodies. Nice cityscape.

Brainless story. But that's what I watched it for, to have my brains parked outside the cinema and let the brainlessness drive me through a two hour entertainment.

The RX7 has more expression than all the actors.

C - Because it served its purpose in entertaining me with awesome drifts, over-sized exhaust pipes, and kick butt photography for a car racing film.