The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Movie, 2006, The Heist Years, Set in After Fast & Furious 6
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is #4 of 14 in release order and #8 of 14 in chronological order in the Fast & Furious.
The story
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, Sean gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift recap
Sean Boswell, a troubled teenager from Arizona, keeps getting into trouble for street racing and is sent to live with his father, a US Navy officer in Tokyo. Sean is pulled into the city's underground drift racing scene and loses his first race and a borrowed car to Takashi, the "Drift King", whose uncle is in the yakuza. Han Lue, Takashi's business partner, takes Sean under his wing and teaches him to drift. Sean grows close to Neela, Takashi's girlfriend. When Takashi's uncle finds Han has been skimming from him, Takashi chases Han and Sean through Tokyo.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ending explained
Han's car is hit and explodes, killing him. To settle things, Sean races Takashi down a mountain, with the loser leaving Tokyo, and wins, becoming the new Drift King. In the final scene, Dom Toretto appears to race Sean, saying Han was family. Fast & Furious 6 later shows that this film is set after it.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is streaming on Netflix in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 37%
Where it fits
- Release order: after 2 Fast 2 Furious, before Fast & Furious.
- Chronological order: after Fast & Furious 6, before Furious 7.
What to watch before The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
In release order, the essentials before The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) are The Fast and the Furious (2001) and 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003).
Cast
- Lucas Black as Sean Boswell
- Nathalie Kelley as Neela
- Sung Kang as Han Lue
- Shad Moss as Twinkie
- Brian Tee as D.K.
- Leonardo Nam as Morimoto
- Brian Goodman as Major Boswell
- Zachery Ty Bryan as Clay
- Nikki Griffin as Cindy (Clay's Girlfriend)
- Jason Tobin as Earl
- Keiko Kitagawa as Reiko
- Lynda Boyd as Ms. Boswell
Directed by Justin Lin.