The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Short description
Sean Boswell keeps getting into trouble for illegal street racing, and when a judge threatens him with jail, he is sent to Tokyo to live with his father, a military man stationed there. In an unfamiliar city, Sean is drawn into the local underground racing scene by a new friend, Twinkie. He soon learns that Tokyo's racers do not simply drive fast in straight lines: they drift, sliding through corners, a technique he has never tried.
After a first race against a local champion known as the King of Drift goes badly and leaves him in debt, Sean has to work for Han Lue, who teaches him the skills he needs. The film stars Lucas Black as Sean, Nathalie Kelley as Neela, Sung Kang as Han, Shad Moss as Twinkie, Brian Tee as D.K. and Leonardo Nam as Morimoto.
Justin Lin directed, following Annapolis the same year and before Fast & Furious, Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6 and later entries in the series. Chris Morgan wrote the screenplay and Neal H. Moritz produced. Made for about 85 million dollars, it took in roughly 159 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds 6.1 from around 330,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.6 from fewer than 8,000; critics rated it 5.1 from 141 reviews.
What's left behind the scenes
- Volkswagen allocated four prototype samples of its new R32 model and 4 Volkswagen Touran minivans for filming.
- Vin Diesel agreed to appear in the final scene because he was promised a producer credit on the fourth installment.
- Toyo Tire, a company specializing in tire production, provided approximately 4000 units of its products for the filming, half of which were used during the shooting process.
- Approximately 600 extras of Asian appearance were involved in filming scenes on the streets of Los Angeles.
- One of the five "Mustangs" used during filming was equipped with an engine and transmission from a Nissan Skyline GT-R. The film's crew completed this modification in just one evening, although in reality, this car transformation took considerably more time.
- When the main character is learning to drift on the pier, he breaks the car's rear spoiler during his first drift in the opening scene. In subsequent scenes, the spoiler appears and disappears. Once he has mastered drifting and completed a lap around the pier, the spoiler is back on the car.
- For filming, an all-wheel drive Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII was converted to rear-wheel drive. The same was done with two prototype Volkswagen R32s.
- In drift competitions, points are awarded not for speed or placement, but for skill in navigating corners in controlled drifts. Drift racing is a competition on a very winding track.
- More than 100 cars were wrecked during filming.
- Cars intended for the domestic Japanese market were purchased for the filming. All of these cars have right-hand drive, making their legal operation in the US impossible.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
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