Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 06/20/06 Home Video 09/26/06 MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for reckless and illegal behavior involving teens, violence, language and sexual content Running Time 1 hour 33 minutes Genre Action Director Justin Lin Writer Chris Morgan, Kario Salem Cast Bow Wow, Lucas Black, Brian Tee, Nikki Griffin, Sung Kang, Jason Tobin, Nathalie Kelley Studio Universal Pictures |
THE FAST AND FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT
SYNOPSIS
From the producer of the worldwide blockbuster
hits The Fast and the Furious and its sequel, 2 Fast
2 Furious, comes the latest installment of the
adrenaline-inducing series built on speed?The Fast
and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Set in the sexy and
colorful underground world of Japanese drift racing,
the newest and fastest customized rides go
head-to-head on some of the most perilous courses
in the world.
Sean Boswell (Black) is an outsider who attempts
to define himself as a hot-headed, underdog street
racer. Although racing provides a temporary escape
from an unhappy home and the superficial world
around him, it has also made Sean unpopular with
the local authorities. To avoid jail time, Sean is sent
to live with his gruff, estranged father, a career
military-man stationed in Tokyo.
Now officially a gaijin (outsider), Sean feels even
more shut out in a land of foreign customs and
codes of honor. But it doesn't take long for him to
find some action when a fellow American buddy,
Twinkie (Bow Wow), introduces him to the
underground world of drift racing. Sean's simple
drag racing gets replaced by a rubber-burning,
automotive art form?with an exhilarating balance
of speeding and gliding through a heart-stopping
course of hairpin turns and switchbacks.
From the producer of the worldwide blockbuster
hits The Fast and the Furious and its sequel, 2 Fast
2 Furious, comes the latest installment of the
adrenaline-inducing series built on speed?The Fast
and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Set in the sexy and
colorful underground world of Japanese drift racing,
the newest and fastest customized rides go
head-to-head on some of the most perilous courses
in the world.
Sean Boswell (Black) is an outsider who attempts
to define himself as a hot-headed, underdog street
racer. Although racing provides a temporary escape
from an unhappy home and the superficial world
around him, it has also made Sean unpopular with
the local authorities. To avoid jail time, Sean is sent
to live with his gruff, estranged father, a career
military-man stationed in Tokyo.
Now officially a gaijin (outsider), Sean feels even
more shut out in a land of foreign customs and
codes of honor. But it doesn't take long for him to
find some action when a fellow American buddy,
Twinkie (Bow Wow), introduces him to the
underground world of drift racing. Sean's simple
drag racing gets replaced by a rubber-burning,
automotive art form?with an exhilarating balance
of speeding and gliding through a heart-stopping
course of hairpin turns and switchbacks.
On his first time out drifting, Sean unknowingly takes on D.K., the "Drift King," a local champ with ties to
the Japanese crime machine Yakuza. Sean's loss comes at a high price tag when he's forced to work
off the debt under the thumb of ex-pat, Han (Kang). Han soon welcomes Sean into this family of misfits
and introduces him to the real principles of drifting. But when Sean falls for D.K.'s girlfriend, Neela
(newcomer Kelley), an explosive series of events is set into motion, climaxing with an ultimate high
stakes face off.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is directed by Justin Lin (Better Luck Tomorrow, Annapolis) and
written by Chris Morgan (Cellular). The film is produced by Neal H. Moritz (xXx, S.W.A.T.) and executive
produced by Clayton Townsend (The Skeleton Key, The 40 Year-Old Virgin). -- © Universal Pictures
the Japanese crime machine Yakuza. Sean's loss comes at a high price tag when he's forced to work
off the debt under the thumb of ex-pat, Han (Kang). Han soon welcomes Sean into this family of misfits
and introduces him to the real principles of drifting. But when Sean falls for D.K.'s girlfriend, Neela
(newcomer Kelley), an explosive series of events is set into motion, climaxing with an ultimate high
stakes face off.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is directed by Justin Lin (Better Luck Tomorrow, Annapolis) and
written by Chris Morgan (Cellular). The film is produced by Neal H. Moritz (xXx, S.W.A.T.) and executive
produced by Clayton Townsend (The Skeleton Key, The 40 Year-Old Virgin). -- © Universal Pictures
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