China Initial D is a China–Hong Kong and Japan co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
頭文字D
After winning his first competition, Takumi focuses his attention on drift racing, a sport he has unknowingly perfected while delivering tofu in his father's Toyota AE86.
China × Hong Kong and Japan Co-Production
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Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Initial D. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
6 sharedNew Initial D the Movie – Legend 1: Awakening
★ 8.1 · Japan
6 sharedInitial D: Third Stage
★ 6.7 · Japan
6 sharedNew Initial D the Movie – Legend 3: Dream
★ 7.7 · Japan
6 sharedNew Initial D the Movie – Legend 2: Racer
★ 8.0 · Japan
3 sharedThe Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
★ 6.5 · Japan
2 sharedFast & Furious
★ 6.7 · Japan
Other Titles From Sil-Metropole Organisation
Action + Crime in China
40 China titles in our catalog blend the Action and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Initial D itself).
The 2004–2006 China Window
Initial D holds position #25 of 45 China films in the 2004–2006 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in China, 142 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Initial D premiered alongside 18 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 48m runtime, production spent $14K per minute on screen and earned $66K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 18 other China films in 2005.
The 125th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
233 audience reviews — more than 86% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 76th percentile among China films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Initial D, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- mountain pass · 5
- touge · 5
- chinese · 17
- car race · 11
- street race · 9
- drifting · 6
- based on manga · 297
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #466 of 946 China films indexed here (51st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among China Action productions specifically: #131 of 319 (top 41%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, Hong Kong, Japan |
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | English, Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Sil-Metropole Organisation, Basic Pictures, Avex Entertainment, Media Asia Films, China Star Entertainment |
| Runtime | 1h 48m |
| Release Date | May 12, 2005 |
| IMDb | tt0439630 |