Saisoku: Banned from Japan

Are you ready for the most exciting illegal street racing you've ever seen?
Experience the underground street racing circuit on the streets of Japan with incredible rare footage that put YOU in the car with the drivers as they hit speed in excess of 200 MPH+!
At undisclosed locations deep within the mountains of Japan, witness midnight touge runs where it's common knowledge that a simple mistake will cost your life!
On the infamous Tokyo Bay, watch as the drivers defiantly disregard the law and rip it up on the streets ... in BROAD DAYLIGHT!
Be treated to exclusive footage of the ADVAN Drift Cup and Battle Magazine's Drift event, two competitions where the REAL drifters compete.
Find all this and more within the covers of .. SAISOKU.
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US Contacts:
Saisoku Production,
Speedhawaii LLC.
International Contacts：
Saisoku Production,
Speedhawaii LLC.
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Kazu Takahashi

[@SolekCheese]

I used to watch this video everyday when I was a kid

[@juniorschouten3448]

😂 me too

[@scottmclelland9728]

Same here.

[@7fstuned]

2017 and I still come back and this video

[@brownmetal]

The paint jobs are amazing on those machines, Beautiful cars, Much respect...

[@AlphaSkyline32]

Exactly. If you build up your own car you know the limits it has, and that's what makes you a better driver, knowing the limits of your car. If you know you can't take a corner at a certain speed then you don't. It's just basic know how. I've spent 3 years building a skyline and I'll probably spend another 3 years learning to drive it. You can't just take a car and thrash it. You have to become one with you car, no matter how long it takes, and then you can truly drive.

[@gravityhammer25]

Is love to live my life like this just racing all day.

[@helluhpinoy]

Most Japan street racing take place on two-lane toll ways and yet, in the US, we see more accidents on roads as wide as four lanes...

[@VinnySanPuhimoto731]

144p не было ???

[@nvrndingsmmr]

The little golden MR2 is awesome xD

[@xtrubblex86]

Check the Wiki page, 360p was added after initial launch. "KZbin originally offered videos at only one quality level, displayed at a resolution of 320x240 pixels using the Sorenson Spark codec (a variant of H.263),[57][58] with mono MP3 audio."

[@Mx64MaxyImpress]

I miss the roaring glory sound in Midnight Highway

[@xtrubblex86]

360 and 720p were added to KZbin in 2008, this video was uploaded prior to that.

[@Kdotkon]

I know I got pulled over for speeding on the highway in Japan, I didn't lead a chase but as soon as they saw my " Y" plate and tried to talk to me they gave up, got back in their car and left

[@Rctrilogy]

If I could make a few educated guesses. This video was uploaded in 2007. At that time, KZbin was still in its infancy so HDD space was limited. I don't think HD video was supported yet. Its possible that affordable consumer grade video cameras of that time didn't go any higher than 480p.

[@teknogeek1300]

That R32 rockin' those hairpins was legittttttttttt

[@_wrks]

that little old school mr2 rippin around with the big boys made me smile :P

[@karonmark]

@LordGesior its not always about being fast and power!! Its about fun. Most of us would agree that having an old Hakosuka is more satisfying and gathers more respect and attention than a brand new shelby mustang for example

[@TiredOldGamerULX]

+ Initial D the series will actually give you pointers and a decent understanding of technical aspects of drifting, how to measure different cars against eachother, and has the most badass races. US racing movies are about culture and hype and nothing to do with ACTUALLY LEARNING TO DRIVE

[@headcheese3]

Holy crap. Props to the guy drifting the MR2 AW11.

[@woofyhound]

Really, 360p was already on KZbin. 480p and 720p were added in late 2008, and in 2010, 240p replaced most 360p videos made before 2009.

[@cgpilk]

@LordGesior That's fine if you don't want to messing around with tuning, just be aware, a stock 2010 wrx for example isn't going to beat an even mildly modified 2000 wrx and it may even be cheaper even after modifications. And that goes for most cars under $100,000.

[@madeinchinamyass]

I love the vibe you get when you watch these movie's its kind of a underground self built feeling.

[@xCobi]

after 5 years i watch this vid again and its still great

[@ChrisHib01]

that is stunning, all those cars are built to such a high standard too

[@bretthco22]

man i love that sound of the car at 00:37-00:57

[@DENTYUcord]

日本でこういう動画upすると結構否定的なコメントされたりして悲しいんだよね・・・ 嬉しい反応してくれる海外の人たちはやっぱ大好きだ。 ありがとう、arigato、Thanks　to overseas people

[@kyromoto]

its actually easier to get sideways but harder to maintain control. when its wet its very easy to lock up and loose control and its easy to enter a turn to fast and then ur off the course

[@N0zProductions]

these cars on the drift mix videos are so nice

[@ofnir123]

i'm actually with you on that. nearly everything I did was legal, and I actually feared for my life a lot of times. racing is exciting, period.

[@allboost70]

2:21 was the best street drift iv seen so far.

[@kyromoto]

dude ur the luckiest guy ever. i aspire to be lucky enough to one day live in okinawa and bring my 92 gsx up there for sum serious tuning and drifting lol

[@Spazum888]

this video is well worth paying for if you can find it. not much talking, just alot of good audio. good buy imo

[@Pwned000]

The LS1 is a pretty light engine. It's been swapped into almost everything and it has only benefitted those cars.

[@Mikeandwendy74]

These guys are great drivers that takes fuckin skill, I loved seeing the old MR-2 screamin around the track lol nice

[@beyondthegrave2005]

Touge are epic. I'd love to be in the gallery for a few midnight runs.

[@mischifer1]

I was JUST looking for this last week!

[@supra3844]

this is real race,the best on the word!! sin duda son las mejores carreras de carreteras del mundo y se los digo porque yo vivo en Yokohama y tambien e participado de estas cerreras,hace ya mas de 17 anhos ATRAS!!asi q esas peliculas americanas son una fiel copia de lo que fue Japon ya hace tiempo!!!!

[@xxjacobxx3]

yeah. they are pretty good with tech. I like their style too.

[@LordGesior]

@karonmark I was just showing what it looks like to be an unreasonable person. "It's about fun". Period, you nailed it. It isn't about Japan or America, it's plainly about fun.

[@realcampusman]

@Xleptix hints for keeping that car running- sea foam in the intake every time you notice it needs it put a usa high flow air filter on it also. my parents had a 93 saturn, the engine was rebuilt at 55,000 miles. good thing they had a warranty

[@Samracing1]

Trueno is right! I do get oversteer in my vw polo without using any brake. You just need to control the gaspedal. If you are on the edge of grip with your front and rear tyres. Then you can steer with the gaspedal. If you lift your gas too mutch than you get oversteer. It is difficult to control but it is possible to get oversteer in a fwd car without using your brakes. I don't know if you can call it drifting but it's atleast oversteering and sliding. :P

[@Mcmorphius]

Gotta Love drifting... and the skills of these drivers are simply amazing...

[@demon0275]

0:29-0:32 The Engine Just Sounds Amazin!

[@marxteven]

They use crowns in okinawa. But in Osaka, Yokohama and Tokyo they use RX7's 3000GT's and Glorias as police cars. These are no ordinary cars either, since some of them push around 550 bhp. My cousin was shocked as his R33 was nearing 300km/h and a VR4 Galant sedan police car managed to keep up with him and pulled him over

[@Spazum888]

i have this video on dvd DEFENTLY worth getting

[@xXCREEKSTARXx]

first red car sounds exactly like my s15 in nfsps....omg :D i love cars

[@UCK83HbznwoS6_1kaz7MolTA]

10 years later, how's it going with the whole car thing?

[@xXCREEKSTARXx]

@@UCK83HbznwoS6_1kaz7MolTA i recently bought a mustang ecoboost with pretty much all extras you can get 😄

[@mazdee626]

Was that a damn fierro at 3:00.Either way awsome vid.Good job of mixing alot of good racing together

[@chris13295]

i swear, someone has to create a video game with gran turismo's physics with need for speed customization. Now that is a game i would be playing day 'n' night.

[@ITS4390]

@ 3:01 Gold late 80s MR2 thats just too cool, my dad had an 88 SC when I was a kid

[@SkaterOrnez]

Paul walker said he never hit 200 but 197 or 199mph

[@GTAgamesfans]

That's probably already in the 300 KM/H range already...

[@Daniel-qy9vc]

320 kmh

[@scottdarden12345]

that MK1 MR2 at 3.04 was sweet!

[@BeatersRus]

mad props to these guys..Serious drivers there...i see driver mechanics too.with some VERY serious machinery....this is the kind of skills we americans lack again,props to the drivers in these videos

[@benitosamia]

didnt the saisoku vid come as part of tokyo xtreme racer zero?

[@sukajaa6426]

In 2018 but still fresh to me

[@shuntsam2]

So i guess these guys were the inspiration for Tokyo Drift.

[@hammertlme]

isn't it like impossible to correct a drift on a wet road if you make a slightly off entry?

[@seanmegumi]

The one doing the wicked u-turn is a Skyline GTR, still illegal in the US & Canada...

[@SMDesignNZ]

The best drift in the whole vid is the AW11 MR2 at 3:02. So hard to do that in one of those!

[@72ndreich]

Hundreds of thousands invested in the cars with the latest most technological advances in increasing horsepower and filmed with a toaster.......

[@ztunelover]

better than canada if you are a car lover. all we have here are muscle cars, which is great if you love straight line races, if you like corners, you are outta luck.

[@CosbyKid]

I don't know, the General Lee was drifting on "The Dukes Of Hazzard" long before it became popular in Japan. Japan might have mastered it though.

[@jmckinney2412]

There are movements and scenes over there for European and American cars. Just like here in America, the domestic brands are always more popular.

[@alvarezah]

i got my R33 tuned here in canada and my tuner charged me 2.3grand to install a new intercooler, t67 turbo, exhaust, strut bars, and clutch (parts price not included). thats like 240,00yen. i was in japan 3 months ago and for that price and quality of work i got done i could have probly gotten my tour guide Kaita to do a higher quality job in his garage plus we could have gone to the junk yard and gotten all those parts pretty much bran new. and thats what he told me.

[@derpydashdjblazekin]

mnt akina is mentioned in the widely popular initial d anime and is a hot spot for mountain racers

[@rayZeFaraH]

yep ... 2013 still watching this

[@ramino47]

Most of the fast and furious film scenes are made in the studio!!! This film is done by real professionals!

[@MaximvsDread]

Yeeeaahhh that was a purple Nissan Skyline! My favorite car from the original Grand Turismo.

[@ValExperimenter]

Not sure where in Japan you have been but I lived there for a while and did plenty of driving and never saw any drifting or even tyre tracks. In many parts of Japan the roads are narrow with deep uncovered culverts and there is snow for 3 months of the year in half of Japan. The roads in the video look like industrial areas on a weekend which is pretty much where people do drifting in Australia.

[@wrxricho2041]

Hahahaha he's wearing a Holden racing team jacket at 1:50 xD

[@homgrownbud]

If i could live 1 place in the world i would go to japan. There cars are far from rice but there food is rice gotta love it.

[@N0sPr4Yu]

i LOVE that engine sound at 43 seconds YUM!! wwat kinda car was that!? a skyline or a silvia!

[@Pwned000]

I'm Singaporean. I love American and Australian cars, 'vette, 'stang, camaro, saleen, HSV, etc. I just love the V8s more. Are you guys gonna brand me a "traitor to asians" now?

[@AmitBelchada]

1:10 Angel slowly ascending to earth!!!

[@Reparo96]

love that purple skyline

[@ericeng91]

taht was the best freakin u turn i've ever seen!

[@yuckyteeth]

2:25 someone almost got hit! that was a crazy drift! :P

[@Snakebite420]

they can and you cant deny it, depends on the driver and how the cars tuned (engine, suspensions etc) like theres drag "rice Rockets" and same for muscle and then etc with curicut courses. just depends =D

[@tranchedevie]

Ok so that description made me all excited, then I was majorly dissapointed....

[@momoville100k]

i wonder if performance parts in Japan are cheaper there than in the US

[@djsquirt313]

awesome video!!!!!! one day we'll catch up in the US hopefully!!

[@yehnahyeh]

We're talking about on the road here, not dirt or snow. And its not that I'm against the whole concept of "FWDs sliding sideways controllably", I personally can't comprehend why some would call it drifting when to get oversteer you -need- the brake to control it, whereas rwd's entirely control their oversteer by acceleration and momentum produced by the rear wheel oversteer, and are easily more capable of getting power out of the turn.

[@marxteven]

the fact that street racers in japan have respect for police as much as police respects them. The fact that racers stop when they hear police sirens and the police let the racers alone when the road is clear

[@zextreme47]

Stomping on the clutch is good too.

[@lHiTMANll]

uploaded 5 years ago... before youtube even had 720p...

[@Crypticboss1]

no street racing gang/club is better than the mid night club R.I.P. long live the club in our hearts

[@pianolounge]

keep it sideways and don't crash.

[@mazdafreakmx6]

love seeing the mk1 mr2 drifting in this video and in beige. makes me wanna put mine on the rd again that much faster.

[@zomgtehrei]

I drove over the waganan at night when I was over there, it was pretty cool

[@NebulaStarGazer]

I'll ride JDM til' the day I die. I can't stop thinking about the Wangan with the JUN Auto R33 Super Lemon. Respect to the old American Muscle though. Both genres have achieved alot, that you can't deny. No sense in arguing who's is better, at the end of the day we all love cars. That's all that should count.

[@cardude1992]

they not only build great cars, they also know how to drive em :D

[@freerideking07]

in a front wheel drive car....if u start 2 understeer and then lift over the back end wil slide round....meaning it turns in2 oversteer...so its lift off over steer. so yer u can drift a front wheel drive car its jus harder n u cant keep it goin 4 aaaaages

[@Hype679]

Why do you guys have to hate on Sick? I don't see why you can't just like muscle and tuner cars. They're evenly matched folks. Stop being so one-sided, people.

[@DoctorBJ]

idk american cars so much im a JDM guy lol. but mustangs of any gen within the last 25 years or so are pretty good. ive also seen camaro/firebirds drifted and just about any GM platform w/ an LS smallblock V8s will slide pretty well

[@AaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAlan]

I've driven on the Wangan before... its actually quite a long straight highway.

[@rookerock8542]

jesus buddy take a breather... and the cars in that move are awesome.

[@p0litician0nLSD]

whats the title of the soundtrack beginning at 1:00 ??

[@kusinagi]

wow, this was probably what tokyp drift was based on, awesome!

[@michakruk-nowacki5691]

Seriously i wouldn't know that drifting at the track culd be banned FROM Japan! btw great resolution!

[@irishdrifter2k9]

OMFG!! hes amazing! never seen drifting at its best til now

[@keithahfua684]

1:55 that is crazy....on the snow!....dang?!!!

[@surfing636]

Pretty Intense, lots of money put into those machines. I like the giant Samari Sword on the side of that car at 1:15.