Tokyo Drift: Behind The Scenes

[@divin3kag3242]

Hearing the actual sounds of the drifting is so satisfying

[@DingoXBX]

0:55

[@jonathanryan2915]

5:42

[@maxim9461]

2:28

[@seekwrage]

Yeah it was I was there every night. 😮

[@Streetw1s3r]

Respect to the stunt driver, it must be really hard to purposely crash and spin out and make it look like bad driving. But he nailed it.

[@suspeh]

Tanner foust ;)

[@Streetw1s3r]

Santiago Really? Was it him? Cool

[@suspeh]

@@Streetw1s3r yeah!!! I was very happy, he is one of my favorites drifters

[@beeeennnnnnn]

They actually mentioned it somewhere that it wasn't exactly easy to make it look that bad lmfao

[@Streetw1s3r]

beeeennnnnnn It wouldn't have been. You spend our whole life learning to NOT hit things, your instincts tries to override it. Like, all my life I've been playing video games like Driver for example, honing my craft of avoiding traffic. I can drive around at full speed in any game that has traffic and not hit anything for like an hour with precision. So when I play games where I have to crash into objects, I find that extremely difficult. Basically what I'm trying to say is - When you're highly skilled at something, it's super hard to go back and be a noob again.

[@guitarboyjeff]

“You know who I am boy?” “Yeah, your like the Justin Timberlake of Japan!!!!!” 😂

[@Speculativedude]

I always thought the funniest part of that exchange wasn't the Timberlake line, it was that DK thought some random foreigner that he had never seen before would know who he is. I mean of course DK has an ego, but it still seems a bit much.

[@TheTruthisLord]

this is still a quote I use all the time 😂😂😂

[@chevyridinhigh67]

Its so cool seeing the real process of the movie , the ways the cameras were used on gocarts and the interaction between all the people its awesome thank you for putting this on your channel

[@MinxOceans]

Dude kart camera guy has the best job in the world. In my helmet the whole time i would be going. "WAAAAAA BAAAAAAAAAAAH RAAAAH" and I drove a little shifter kart around.

[@jeroen2686]

Back when it was still about racing and cars..

[@druthomas4804]

tru dat

[@Stevel024]

The last F&F that was actually about cars and the car culture, none of the hero bs like Hobbs & Shaw

[@sgt.lincolnosiris4111]

*HEIST*

[@joaolucasgomesrabelo832]

Now is about family

[@TufteMotorsport]

Thanks for sharing this. That S15 must be one of my favorite cars in the whole series, after the Eclipse from the first one.

[@brucecharlie8613]

The coolest car had to be ... The go cart camera. Seriously guys xD

[@FierceMotorworks]

I love all the outside-the-box camera rigs: a mini, gokarts...

[@MrSantihomer]

And the evo!

[@patricklopes-vtec]

The gimball/gyroscope only became possible as the smartphone evolved. A steadicam back then was superbly expensive, but even today they fulfill a function to "pre-set" the images, although most digital recording nowadays have better resolution and editing capabilities than reel tape.

[@imadrifter]

That sick ass 2 stroke go kart camera rig tho

[@StarsingerOG]

But i thought when you move around Tokyo, cool music plays in your head..

[@nathang4570]

You couldn't hear it?

[@fabuloso3635]

Damn bro you must be the only one who didnt hear it

[@memethief1301]

really couldn't hear initial d deja vu?

[@Sir.VicsMasher]

The first gen Monte Carlo is my favorite car in the whole series. I dug it for its raw obtainable style even though it was the most powerful movie car to date.

[@rhrdskns]

that monte carlo is up for sale, check craig's ig, the price is ok too!

[@Sir.VicsMasher]

​@@Porkchop999 Good move as it's the most affordable GM muscle car which were all two door coupes that came with 350 V8's and disk brakes as standard equipment. Big Blocks are cool to look at but if you are doing it for performance I think you would be better off keeping it a small block because engine conversions end up costing a lot. A quality 475-500hp small block will be plenty quick with the right transmission/ gear ratios and will get you back on the road much sooner and for less money and headache. Check out this "Gladiator 350" built from a ZZ4 short block making 527hp. www.superchevy.com/how-to/4398-gm-350-ci-zz4-crate-engine-build/

[@Sir.VicsMasher]

@@Porkchop999 Check out VortecPro engines and its builder Mark Jones if you gotta have a big block. He makes magic with factory parts and has a bunch of videos.

[@gmfb521]

More driving talent went into this movie than the first 2. Tokyo Drift will always be my favourite of the franchise. Nathalie Kelley is soo hot too

[@uneverknow8154]

0:33 that Yellow Chaser is now in Siberia. You can find a dude he claim that VIN code is the same from Tokyo Drift.

[@lorwdnic]

That Go-kam is so cool!

[@GeenIdee2]

That rotary sounds great :D

[@BrickedUpp]

I’d love to have that go kart job

[@PhysicxAlmighty]

Ohh man, thanks for uploading that footage Craig. I couldn´t stop smiling while I was watching that video. It brought so many great memories back from the time around that movie got released. Btw, at the 2:30 mark, is that really Lucas Black drifting ? I know that the actors received driving lessons, learning how to drift , but seeing Lucas beeing able to pull it off, is pretty amazing to see. Also, Sung Kang´s "karate moves" cracked me up, I love that guy ! (he also doesn´t seem to age). I think I´ll be watching that movie tonight, its been such a long time.

[@paulwaIker]

Hey, I know im 4 years late but yes thats him drifting, after the lessons he took professional courses as well as the other actors which were paid by Universal themselves, so he said in an interview

[@PhysicxAlmighty]

@@paulwaIker haha, better late than never, cheers !

[@paulwaIker]

@@PhysicxAlmighty cheers man!

[@ItsTrulyOver]

@@paulwaIker That's not true. In reality, it is a left hand drive EVO driven by a real drifter, while Lucas Black is sitting in the passenger seat pretending to drift.

[@jamiejude]

Ayyy they got the mini as the camera car that’s awesome!!

[@charles237055]

Hans rx7 sounds amazing, but then again all. FD’s in my opinion sound sick

[@uneverknow8154]

That's probably the only F&F movie filmed in action witt lesser CGI

[@Thomas.Tommy.Weerman]

Maybe with the driving. But all the scenery (far shots) buildings you see is either shipping containers dressed up as Tokyo storefronts (the Shibuya crossing sequence) filled in and finished with CGI to make it look like downtown Tokyo when in fact it was a big empty parking lot. And a lot of the driving shots (Han's garage exterior, the drift races parking garage) was just in LA. In fact. The parking garage used for the drift races (near Hawthorn mall, is either scheduled for demolition or already demolitioned. But Craig has made multiple videos about Tokyo drift. Look it up and enjoy😊😉

[@BigDapPacino]

The Garage car meet scene that Twinky and Sean go to...was epic...Veilside Fortune NSX and the yellow Toyota Chaser...so many hot asian babes... even the beginning with that ratty looking beast mode Monte Carlo racing the Viper...no big name action movie star power but Tokyo Drift proved that Justin Lin was a visionary director who could make a good movie...he made a even better movie with Fast & Furious...Sung Kang as Han, was the heart and soul of this movie!

[@mnrjaber]

This is the best movie of all time hands down.

[@toastbrot9183]

This is history.

[@arkclownyt638]

Crazy how they could still drift with all the stuff in front and the little takes good ppl to work but badass on the scenes

[@nighthunter7917]

Why this video doesn’t have millions of views and likes idkfk

[@E46_wagonlover]

That s15 you monsters. It was innocent

[@hackdeez1075]

Hopefully it was a rust bucket salvage title car😔

[@nicoftime1534]

It would still be the coolest car in the world

[@39PSIOnTheDaily]

S15’s were made in vast quantities and can still be picked up for peanuts in Japan. Nothing of value was lost that day.

[@StrongSolo]

Nextblood At least the engine made it out alive.

[@hankimitsu8188]

​@@39PSIOnTheDaily Peanuts must be pretty expensive these days...

[@moqi32]

4:45 go kart cam!!!

[@Triple259772]

So thats how they did the shibuya scene. I recently told a friend that pretty much the entire movie was shot in california with real drifting stunts and he had asked me how they shot the intersection scene but i had no answer for him.

[@Kev27RS]

Awesome footage! 👌

[@MaxiJilch]

Didnt know they were using an evo as a camera car

[@cody3676]

No behind the scenes with Tsuchiya?

[@TurboTyler]

I remember seeing these cars unexpectedly at Nopi as a younger gent. What a treat that was.

[@mrmidnight32]

Holy shit 😳 2:58 That 180 roll like fucking nothing

[@adfadfewfrewafawefaw]

3:35 Han always chewing something even off screen lol

[@MJTAUTOMOTIVE]

It was a thing to stop him from smoking. I watched a video a while back that thats why they have Him chewing gum or eating something because he was a heavy smoker.

[@jort93z]

Dude, Sung Kang seems so much like his character in the movie.

[@BigDapPacino]

He was actually playing the same character named Han in the director Justin Lin's first movie...a indie called Better Luck Tomorrow ...Now Sung Kang is a supporting cast member on Power...playing a Federal Agent!

[@noendtodsm4082]

I have a whole new appreciation for this movie after seeing this 👌🏼

[@yert8527]

Man those top secret 350 !

[@evelynwilson6735]

Stay tuned after the movie for behind the scenes and music video at the making of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

[@evelynwilson6735]

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 2006 VHS

[@massiveimprovement]

I love the guy driving the gocart. That's the ultimate job

[@Oberkommando]

I would have cried there. That beautiful Silvia getting wrecked :-(

[@SpecRB]

Most realistic racing and car wise

[@jonechevarria221]

I love GT Rs, but that C West s15 is still my all time f&f grail car. One day soon I keep promising myself I’ll have a spec R

[@pec1739]

5:16 i feel the pain

[@thezig2078]

Poor Z :(

[@iWassaGuy]

4:47. Wow. Not expecting that.

[@Wtrxprs007able]

Of all the cars destroyed that Lexus GS hurt the most

[@Kingsoupturbo]

wow impressive practical driving, and probably had to do it over and over!

[@PimpSpeed]

Is that stunt Evo part of the fleet of Evo 7s used in 2Fast 2Furious?

[@snifer07]

This one is an Evo IX, so I don't think so They would've had to heavy modify it to look like the IX

[@Thomas.Tommy.Weerman]

Nope. They maybe reused some parts out if their 2 Fast stash (like the wheels & bumpers)

[@jwork5680]

im honestly super curious about the highway scene on how it's done

[@L00PdeL00P]

2:42 wow! I mean it’s a cool scene in the movie but something about the less production-ey quality of the footage just makes it look sick!

[@ToyotaSPRINTERTRUENO1986kouki]

It's because it looks real.

[@L00PdeL00P]

Toyota SPRINTER TRUENO 1986 Yea man it reminds me a lot of this great video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4KqgH-jbsZjldE

[@SEGAdude95]

Very cool enjoyed watching love the movie.. :) :D

[@solik434]

What a shame that they didnt use the actual sounds of the cars would of been so much better instead computer generated sound

[@nedkogenov5530]

It would be boring

[@leonardostewart3547]

Your the only one paying attention to that when they already make millions.

[@Thomas.Tommy.Weerman]

On the contrary. The sounds were recorded from actual drift cars. And with the last DK Sean race. They actually did the sequence twice (according to either interviews/BTS footage or audio commentary) first with a Nissan S15 doing the run, and then with the stung Mustang (which actually had something of a souped up 302 V8 in it. And dubbed and edited the S15 sounds over it

[@MistaaFrosty]

where was that canyon duel filmed at?

[@nelsoncharlesif]

After all those years? Only now? 🖤

[@Thomas.Tommy.Weerman]

If you had the dvd you could see the same damn things

[@boy31]

Wow they shot this on film too.. amazing. Best F&F

[@David-ud9ju]

Most movies are shot on film to this day. They all were when Tokyo Drift was filmed.

[@privateshall]

5:36

[@forests.9597]

Don't you have a clip of the Monte Carlo race scene? That was dope

[@Thomas.Tommy.Weerman]

This was the same BTS footage that can be seen on the DVD/Blu-ray extras

[@lockenessmotorsports818]

Wasn't Keiichi Tsuchiya one of the stunt drivers?

[@marioayala2318]

Yes he does the Stunts of Evo 9 and was a consultant too and the cameo he was fishing when Sean practice Drifting in the Evo.

[@BigDapPacino]

He was driving DK's Fairlady Z33 in the first race versus Sean in the S 15...definitely in the last race scene...where he drifts to the top of the parking garage!

[@MrMrbrianbechtel]

I love the mustang with the rb26...

[@RCDrifter60]

Had anyone noticed that the evo camera is an evo of 2fast2furious? She has exactly the same specification (damd bumpers, wheels, custom rear light, and no APR body kit)

[@Thomas.Tommy.Weerman]

Wrong, they reused the bumpers from their 2 Fast stash. But if you look right the Evo used as a camera car was a RHD car. 2 Fast only used LHD

[@rp3008t3r]

I love how tokyo drift used real cars and real driving for the shots instead of CGI, yet i hear a lot of people saying its the least movie of the first three.. personally I thought the least one was 2 fast 2 furious..

[@Thomas.Tommy.Weerman]

Maybe with the driving. But all the scenery (far shots) buildings you see is either shipping containers dressed up as Tokyo storefronts (the Shibuya crossing sequence) filled in and finished with CGI to make it look like downtown Tokyo when in fact it was a big empty parking lot. And a lot of the driving shots (Han's garage exterior, the drift races parking garage) was just in LA. In fact. The parking garage used for the drift races (near Hawthorn mall, is either scheduled for demolition or already demolitioned. But Craig has made multiple videos about Tokyo drift. Look it up and enjoy😊😉

[@Rayan-fv7ot]

The mustang was V8 in scene ? (5:43)

[@blackshadow7192]

Stunt cars were all V8

[@nismothedrifter]

I think It has the engine of the silvia

[@dkim2041]

Yeah, they didn’t actually engine swap it for budget reasons

[@SocksW]

NISMO THE DRIFTER the rb26 is out of the gtr not the silvia

[@SocksW]

NISMO THE DRIFTER it seems you don’t know your nissans NISMO

[@xXJandroXx13]

You should talk about the different cars in Tokyo drift. Rwd evo, veilside rx7, both 350z, swapped rb26 mustang

[@Thomas.Tommy.Weerman]

Maybe look up his videos again. He did it over the years

[@AamirZ]

The film was recorded in 35mm?

[@PACKERMAN2077]

Is this taken from any previously published Source or do you have secret footage stash somewhere on a hard drive?

[@nexoq4914]

he was deeply involved of making the movies of FaF.

[@gspadez]

Legend

[@hectorvillafuerte5197]

LoL the Rx7 Veilside...2:42 🔥

[@chickenfordinner2093]

the evos are rwd!!

[@PabloGonzalez-hv3td]

The "high school" girl in the Viper is now in her 40s

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

And ain't no one racing for her...

[@PabloGonzalez-hv3td]

@@juanmanuelpenaloza9264 - We'd all race for her she's still hot

[@DCBVlogs]

This is awesome but knowing the truth hurts😣😂

[@WarriorPleb]

still waiting on another tokyo drift movie.............

[@sr3435]

No one listens radio, Tokyo is on fire!

[@thezig2078]

NO ONE SLEEPS IN TOKYO

[@beardesign83]

Just realize that the red evo stunt car is reused from the 2F2F movie, isn,t it? still have the DAMD bumper and the same rear lamp...

[@Thomas.Tommy.Weerman]

Wrong. The car used as camera car was a RHD Evo 9. The cars used in 2 Fast were all LHD Evo 7s or 8s. They reused the bumpers and wheel a out of their leftover parts stash

[@kristianbrandt3012]

Wait, you can actually become a go kart camera man?! Well there's five years of my life wasted on biology.

[@DjKeNNyKiLoz]

Thanks for sharing 😎

[@HMCarReviews]

Wasn't the movie shot in LA?

[@kbdadriftking]

I believe so

[@NLS_7]

Japan?

[@Ahmet-nq1xw]

Very nice video

[@SuperMatiz]

Hello Craig! Awesome footage! Can you tell me- ALL japanese action shots were recorded in studio?

[@craiglieberman]

MatizBIGINDASTREET No. Read this : fastandfuriousfacts.com/how-tokyo-drift-was-filmed-in-los-angeles/

[@Finallybianca]

Line always bugged me New rods rb36 has no pushrods.

[@surajbalajr.4016]

They sure as hell had connecting rods.

[@ORS80]

This would be awesome with some insider commentary!

[@Che1seabluesdrogba11]

Im curious on all the cars they had to import like the regular cars like taxis and stuff

[@charliejones3119]

They didn't have to import any it's Japan

[@NLS_7]

So was it LA or Japan. Because they sure would have made a scene like in Japan probably. Or they really did film it in Japan?

[@GetoRigd]

@craiglieberman what were your thoughts on using the mustang in the final drift scene opposed to any other ?

[@Bread996]

Ah nice, the drift mustang retained it's American V-8 :)

[@jonathanryan2915]

Yeah, they only had one with the skyline engine in it for a few scenes, it was functional however only one turbo could fit and it didn't really make enough power to drift. The actual drift race had a couple Ford small block mustangs.

[@mockngbrdy]

Most fun F&F of all

[@sparkoceanic]

Amazing

[@arielcamachoelreydecorazon7824]

Pero esa película no se grabó del todo en Japón tambien California y los Ángeles

[@idk-z8h]

Cooper: Slow and Unserious

[@Ryan_1997]

When the silvia was wrecked😕

[@Carman670]

I don't get why this channel called Mr. Sunday Movies hates this film. It is literally the best film in the franchise by far, with the first two movies falling into 2nd and 3rd. Guess Mr. Sunday hates tuner cars I guess...

[@nismothedrifter]

Han was 33 years old and dk was 29

[@leandrooliveira5747]

So that mustang wasn't rb26

[@whiteknuckle9115]

RAYS

[@akashkulkarni5410]

Back when stunts were real and not some crazy vfx shit...good old days...

[@kasentzhsdimitris515]

I love how they arent wearing any safety gear

[@iWassaGuy]

The evo only has one side the decal and the other nothing.

[@claysavage8047]

Only one side has a camera on it. Multiple versions of the red evo were used while filming the movie.

[@llucasn]

Back in the time when the cars actually run on the streets instead of flying lol

[@racebred2625]

5:14 oh no :(

[@oguzcan815]

fucking masterpiece

[@Dementore6]

Sometimes I miss Japan. Sometimes I miss Korea too.

[@Tommy712rus]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@fabio1826]

That was an Evo 7 from 2F2F

[@solariptura]

The red Evo was a IX, I believe read that in a copy of Sport Compact Car Magazine. It actually had more WHP bc they removed the front wheel drive. I just remember them making a big deal about that in the magazine.

[@hrhunt4036]

@@solariptura EVOVII is at 0:50 and the more I seem to look at it, it most definately is the one from 2F2F, just repainted (it even has the same taillights)... EVOIX is at 4:35 for example. Notice different bodykit (apart from being different car at all) How do I know? I just adored EVOVII when it came out and they have always been super-rare in Europe. You need to have a special licence to register it in my country, for example.

[@Hanschepu]

@@hrhunt4036 There's one small detail you've missed and its.. 2F2F was not an Evo lol, it was a heavily modified Lancer. (the rear reveals it, it has Lancer, not evolution 7/8 tailights, which are completely different because of the widened rear quarter panels, if you see 2f2f Lancer it has custom bodywork that resembles that of an evo and it has an evo 7 front clip, but the rear end is completely different. And I dont know if the 2f2f Lancer/Evo hybrid was awd swapped tbh, if it was, then the car at 0:50 might be that car, just repainted. If not, is an evo 7 with that same bodykit.

[@hrhunt4036]

@@Hanschepu Principally, You are right. I looked through some Lancers from that era (such Lancers doesn´t exist in Europe and from there goes my dumbness) and I have to admit that this car at 0:50 is a complete puzzle. Front end 100% EVOVII/0%Lancer and from the rear it is definately Lancer because of taillights and quarter panels. I think the real truth lies somewhere between our discussion...

[@tfor5709]

@@hrhunt4036 this is evo from 2f2f 100%, taillights exclusive