The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

film by Lin [2006]

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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is a 2006 film directed by Justin Lin, part of the larger Fast & Furious franchise. While it features a new protagonist, Sean Boswell, and is set in Tokyo, it connects to the main series through the character Han Lue. The film's plot is set after the events of Fast & Furious (2009), Fast Five (2011), and Fast & Furious 6 (2013) in the franchise's internal timeline. The series began with street racers involved in petty crime, but evolved to feature them as agents fighting international criminals and saving the world.12

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…had only a cameo in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006). However, he returned to the franchise, both a star and a producer, for Fast & Furious (2009), Fast Five (2011), Fast & Furious 6 (2013), and Furious 7 (2015). The latter was especially successful, earning more than…
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…had only a cameo in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006). However, he returned to the franchise, both a star and a producer, for Fast & Furious (2009), Fast Five (2011), Fast & Furious 6 (2013), and Furious 7 (2015). The latter was especially successful, earning more than…
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