Japan Synopsis
“On the streets of Tokyo, speed needs no translation.”
In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Shaun gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing
The 2005–2007 Japan Window
364 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift sits at position #234.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
3 sharedInitial D
★ 6.7 · China
3 sharedNew Initial D the Movie – Legend 1: Awakening
★ 8.1 · Japan
3 sharedInitial D: Third Stage
★ 6.7 · Japan
3 sharedNew Initial D the Movie – Legend 3: Dream
★ 7.7 · Japan
3 sharedNew Initial D the Movie – Legend 2: Racer
★ 8.0 · Japan
2 sharedGodzilla
★ 7.6 · Japan
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 44m runtime, production spent $817K per minute on screen and earned $1.5M per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,061 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (33rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,199 of 1,714 (top 70%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Germany, Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | MP Munich Pape Filmproductions, Original Film, Relativity Media, Universal Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 44m |
| Release Date | June 3, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0463985 |
| Official Site | www.thefastsaga.com |