The scenes of Sean clumsily drifting up the mountain were actually filmed with Tsuchiya behind the wheel. He's actually known as Drift King thanks to his use of drifting in non-drifting racing events, and is one of the major forces that popularized drifting. To do it all safely, they brought in Keiichi Tsuchiya, a drifting legend. Not only was the mountain a dangerous location to shoot on, but they also needed the driving to look like it was being done by an amateur. While the first garage race in Tokyo perfectly contrasts the housing development chase by showing Sean that brute force won't get him the street cred he desires, it was the drift lesson up the mountain that proved more difficult to film. The point is that this race was a real street fight and was meant to contrast the rest of the film, which aspires to a more elegant type of racing: drifting. It’s also emphasized in the race’s complete lack of grace as they powerslide into port-a-potties, drive through the framing of unfinished houses, and bump into each other down a straightaway before the Viper slams into some construction supplies and Sean flips his car like… seven times? It's emphasized in car choice – Clay's Viper has a V10 engine and the 350 V8 in Sean's Monte Carlo is no slouch either. Despite the lack of the franchise staple NOS, this is a race that’s all about brute force. Clay, played by Zachery Ty Bryan) rip through an under-construction housing development, is crucial because it sets up the type of race that this film is going to leave behind.
Tokyo Drift’s first race, where this installment’s main character Sean (Lucas Black) and Tim the Tool Man Taylor's oldest son (a.k.a. Well, Tokyo and LA – a lot of the film was shot in Los Angeles. He’d go on to direct half of the franchise (as of this writing), with Tokyo Drift serving as a learning ground for Lin to work out his philosophies about how to shoot car chases – like what needs to be real and what is O.K. While this might have been Lin's first Fast and Furious movie, it certainly wouldn't be his last. That movie was so good, it also serves as the unofficial backstory for Sung Kang’s Han, who makes his Fast debut in Tokyo Drift. Justin Lin had managed to get Hollywood's attention with his first feature, Better Luck Tomorrow. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)įor the third entry of the franchise, the producers decided to bring in someone new to direct. Part 4: Can We Drop Cars Out of the Sky?.Part 3: Fast Five and Setting a New Standard of the Absurd.Part 1: From Boosting DVD Players to Saving the World.The Evolution of Fast and the Furious Car Chases Today we look back at the arrival of frequent Fast director Justin Lin for Tokyo Drift, as well as the reunification of the original gang in 2009’s Fast & Furious.Īlso be sure to watch our epic look back at the car chases of the entire Fast series at the top of this page.
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