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Tuesday, 28 August 2012

Initial D - Drift Racer (2005)

Aka: Tau man ji D

Takumi is a tofu delivery boy for his drunken father (played by the wonderful Anthony Wong Chau-Sang). His delivery route takes him down the twisty Mt. Akina, a road that some new in town downhill street racers want to own. They take a dislike to the tofu boy.
It's based on a manga, so is a little episodic in pace.
There's racing, obviously, but the main focus of the film is the growth of drifter Takumi.
Avoid the UK soundtrack, it loses some of the emotion.

3½ cups of water out of 5

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