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2005

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Starring	Jay Chou, Anne Suzuki, Edison Chen, Anthony Wong
Director	Andrew Lau, Alan Mak
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema

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Initial D - Drift Racer

Based on a popular manga by Shuichi Shigeno, INITIAL D is a high-octane anime series about the world of downhill mountain racing. Takumi Fujiwara is an average high-school student who has honed his driving skills while making late-night deliveries for his father's tofu restaurant. When he has an inadvertent run-in with one of the area's top racers, Takumi finds himself thrust into the world of mountain racing and is soon duking it out for top honours in a series of daredevil downhill races.

Starring	Jay Chou, Anne Suzuki, Edison Chen, Anthony Wong, Shawn Yue, Chapman To, Jordan Chan, Kenny Bee, Kazuyuki Tsumura
Director	Andrew Lau, Alan Mak
Studio	E1 ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 49 mins
Certificate
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema
Language	DVD: Cantonese
Subtitles	DVD: English
Released	DVD: 03 Jul 2006 Production year: 2005
Format	DVD

Initial D - Drift Racer (2005)

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This road-racing exploitation escapade is based on a popular manga series but, with the action entirely centred on a... read more on Time Out
- Ben Walters,
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
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8 out of 11 people found this review helpful

mmmph

With the combination of Hong Kong cinema and Japanese manga, I really expected (cliche alert!!!) some 'high octane' thrills.

I was a little disappointed to find that this isn't a patch on 'The Fast and the Furious' series. 'TFATF' works on a car porn level that Initial D doesn't. There is no fetishising of the cars and no real focus on the next level skills of the drivers.

Without focus on the cars or the driving skills - the film falls flat in showing the dumb lives and relationships of the kids involved. This coupled with a bizarre boy meets girl, 'oh my god, my girlfriend is a school-girl prostitute' sub plot which seems grafted on for no real purpose - kind of leaves me wishing for 'TFATF4'.

I can't believe I've just wished for 'TFATF4' in print.
- - nealmc from Birmingham
  - Posted 07 May 2007 13:40
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

For fans of car/drift racing and Edison Chen it's a must see.

I saw this DVD on sale at HMV and since I am a big fan of Hong Kong movies and Edison Chen I thought I'd give it a go and add it to my list. And I wasn't disappointed, the characters are based on a Japanese Manga cartoon. The lead actor is Japans very popular young singer now turned actor too. It has excellent car/drift racing scenes. It's a story about a young man dreaming of being a professional racing driver, having a girlfriend and a better relationship with his drunkard father who nearly became Japans first world car racing driver but decided to marry for love instead. This is definitely one for any collection to which I wasted no time after watching it I went and bought it. Hope you enjoy it as much I did.
- - A customer from Mitcham, Surrey
  - Posted 13 Sep 2006 23:21
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