The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Sean Boswell, a troublemaking teen racer from Arizona, is sent to Tokyo to live with his Navy father and stay out of jail. There, Twinkie introduces him to drifting. In his first race, Sean loses badly to Takashi, the DK, nephew of a yakuza boss, and wrecks a borrowed car. To pay off the debt, he goes to work for Han, who becomes his mentor. Sean learns to drift and grows close to Neela, Takashi's girlfriend. When the uncle finds out Takashi has been stealing from him, a chase breaks out across the city, and Han's car is T-boned by a Mercedes and explodes. Sean and his dad build a 1967 Mustang, and Sean beats Takashi on the mountain run. At the end, Dom Toretto shows up to challenge him.

1. CameoThe real Drift King goes fishing

   Keiichi Tsuchiya, the Japanese racer known as the real Drift King, has an uncredited cameo as an old fisherman. He also helped with the drift stunts.

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2. ReferenceHan came from another movie

   Han Lue existed before the franchise: he's the same character from Better Luck Tomorrow (2002), directed by Justin Lin, also played by Sung Kang. Lin and Kang have confirmed that film is his origin story.

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3. Behind the scenesA cameo paid for with Riddick

   Vin Diesel agreed to his closing cameo as Dom in exchange for the rights to Riddick, a character Universal owned.

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4. CameoA Japanese action legend

   Takashi's uncle, the yakuza boss, is Sonny Chiba, a 1970s martial arts movie star, credited here as JJ Sonny Chiba.

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