The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller • 1h 44m
Director: Justin Lin
Cast: Lucas Black, Nathalie Kelley, Sung Kang, Shad Moss, Brian Tee, Leonardo Nam, Brian Goodman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Nikki Griffin, Jason Tobin, Keiko Kitagawa, Lynda Boyd, Sonny Chiba, Damien Marzette, Trula M. Marcus, Brandon Brendel, Daniel Booko, David V. Thomas, Amber Stevens West, Ashika Gogna, Vincent Laresca, Yoko Maki, Toshi Hayama, Atley Siauw, Kaila Yu, Aiko Tanaka, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Alden Ray, Konishiki, Caroline de Souza Correa, Silvia Šuvadová, Jimmy Lin, Shoko Nakagawa, Koji Kataoka, Trey Sanford, Christian Salazar, Danny Ray McDonald II, Joey Crumpton, Rie Shibata, Hiroshi Hatayama, Keiichi Tsuchiya, Kazutoshi Wadakura, Verena Mei, Mari Jaramillo, Mikiko Yano, Wendy Watanabe, Tina Tsunoda, Tak Kubota, Hidesuke Motoki, Toshio Ariki, Mitsuru Ôno, Mitsuki Koga, Vin Diesel, Britten Kelley, Kazuki Namioka, Chris Astoyan, Tessa Bartholomew, April Betts, Ai Cherie, Willis Chung, Stacy Ross, Victoria Gracie, Jade Gzi, Elizabeth Hara, Bud Joseph Hebert, Alexis Hernandez, Jimmy Hsu, Harley Jay, Eunice Kiss, Tara Kredel, Sandra McCurdy, Chaoxiang Ming, Emmi Nakagawa, Tyler Nelson, Masami Okada, Sandy Velasco, Minn Vo, Stuart W. Yee, Joshua Collins
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About the film
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
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Director: Rob Cohen
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Universal 4K Blu-ray 25th Anniversary Edition
Universal 4K Blu-ray 25th Anniversary Edition (with Dolby Vision), comparisons: #1, #2
The 2026 re-release corrects cropping and grading on some VFX shots, otherwise it's the same master with better encoding.
The old BD (2009 with many later identical re-releases) is very good, compared even to the theatrical DTS track, over which it has a slight edge thanks to discrete LFE (as theatrical DTS tracks derive LFE from other channels).
The 2018 4K includes a relatively tasteful DTS:X remix, the 2026 #4K includes a more revisionistic Dolby Atmos remix, with more added foley effects and a significant frequency roll-off. Neither of the remixes is as punchy as the original mix.
Director: John Singleton
Director: Justin Lin
Universal Blu-ray has lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1, 4K Blu-ray just has lossy DTS-HD HR 7.1
Director: James Wan
Blu-ray has lossless DTS-HD MA 7.1, 4K Blu-ray just has lossy DTS-HD HR 7.1
Theatrical: Universal 4K Blu-ray
Extended Director's Cut: 4K Streaming
Director: Michael Cimino
2020 Shout! Factory 4K
2020 Shout! Factory 4K slightly better than StudioCanal in HDR10. Similar in DV
35mm mix: 1991 Universal LaserDisc
70mm mix: StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray
35mm mix: 1991 Universal LaserDisc marginally better than StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray. Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray is downmix.
70mm mix: StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray. Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray is remix.
Director: Doug Liman
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
The Universal Blu-ray is slightly filtered and DNR'd compared to the HD-DVD, and the Universal 4K Blu-ray, on top of being upscaled, adds additional DNR and is softer than both previous HD releases.
Versions:
- The International version contains a short additional scene (part of the "Farmhouse" extended scene from the special features). See additional detail below.
- The US version does not contain this scene during the film. Director Doug Liman confirms in his audio commentary that the scene was cut from the original US theatrical release "for time".
- "The Explosive Extended Edition" found on some DVD releases is not an alternate cut of the film, simply an access mode that plays "The Bookend Scenes" features via non-seamless branching.
Deck the Halls scene:
The U.S. release is 118:17 while the European/Australian/Japanese releases are 118:36. There is no difference between the two running times from the start, but at 81:21, the U.S. version cuts from a kitchen scene of Marie and Eamon washing dishes, to a scene of Eamon bringing blankets to Jason and Marie. On the European/Australian releases, at the same point, there is a scene of Jason, Marie, Eamon and his children eating dinner while "Deck the Halls" plays in the background. There is no dialogue, the characters just each exchange uncomfortable glances. The scene goes to 81:40, then picks up the same scene of Eamon bringing blankets. This scene is included as an extra ("Farmhouse" extended scene) albeit sans the holiday themed music. Many thanks to Rewind user Mark Bowen for comparing these releases and letting us know the difference.
Director: Brian De Palma
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Both come from a 4K scan of a 35mm film out which was made from the original 2K DI but the Lionsgate release has visible dust and damage marks while the Universal release is cleaned up more thoroughly. Both releases suffer from DNR which seems to have been baked into the DI. The colour grade is basically the same for both releases but the Lionsgate has Dolby Vision whereas the Universal is HDR10 only. The compression on the Lionsgate UHD base layer is apparently fine so the FEL doesn't make much of a difference.
The Lionsgate UHD has Dolby Atmos whereas the Universal UHD has DTS:X. Kick-ass was originally released with a 5.1 track which may be on the Universal Blu-ray.
The Lionsgate UHD is on a BD-100, the Universal UHD is on a BD-66.
The Universal UHD has no extras.
Director: Joel Coen
Director's Cut: Disappointing UK StudioCanal/US Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Theatrical Cut: LaserDisc or 2001 UK Universal DVD
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=21782879#post21782879 - comparison. StudioCanal is a massive improvement to the Criterion but still flawed in some areas (chroma noise)
Director: Leo McCarey
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