TOKYO DRIFT WAS NOT FILMED IN TOKYO

[@manveerghuman5276]

I think the CGI of the movie is far more believable and lifelike compared to the newer movies

[@MisticDW]

There's load of new movies that have scenes that don't even look like CG

[@ciello___8307]

ehh some scenes its good and others it hasn't aged well. Tokyo drift used a lot of practical stunts, but some scenes like where sean drifts the red Evo on the highway look pretty fake.

[@djw5415]

That’s because they aren’t stupid unbelievable stunts like the new FF movies. I hate the new ones

[@buellb0y]

“Tokyo Drift” is definitely the most underrated film in the franchise. The lack of both Paul Walker and Vin Diesel in leading roles seemed to place a dark cloud over an otherwise entertaining movie.

[@nicholascrow8133]

Some of the best actual driving in the franchise!

[@lukedanielgalon1596]

it is entertaining and a journey for Sean

[@PHATT_TV]

Totally agree

[@SRTGHOSTS]

It’s because people hate when you start a franchise then replace them different actors. I like Tokyo drift but prefer walker and diesel. I’m glad Tokyo drift boys got to return in fast 9.

[@Tyler_Mayhem]

Tokyo drift was my fave movie of the series. I liked 1 and 2 and td. I didn't like anything after that

[@jrodom2411]

Its a testament to the film that I never noticed the cg. Tokyo Drift is the most underrated film in the series.

[@SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim]

Japan : exists, but not allowed USA : 3D prints japan at home.

[@lNer0xl]

IMO the Shibuya-scene is one of the best scenes in Fast & Furious overall. Funny enough that Tokyo Drift is my favourite FF movie even though i love Paul Walker as Brian.

[@basithph8958]

Same

[@nabilbudiman271]

the purest cars and tuner movies out of all FF franchise

[@lovemedavid4094]

@@nabilbudiman271 exactly why

[@LilSuperman619]

It makes me glad that I ain’t the only one who’s fav fast movie is tokyo drift

[@yert8527]

The best scene is the first street race in ff1

[@elmorelia100]

Not gunna lie after finding about the Visuals… this movie should’ve had an Oscar nomination for special effects😂

[@tar5us452]

Agreed. But it went up against Pirates of the Caribbean (winner), Superman Returns, Poseidon. I think it was better than Poseidon from a VFX standpoint because of the use of high speed moving frames, moving subject, and CG location. The issue is that Poseidon only got its nomination because it was produced by Wolfgang Petersen . The Academy is complete trash and has no bearing on anything and should be ignored completely. Bunch of alleged Kid F'ers.

[@TheLastTruHonda]

Thank you for sorting this out there a stupid post on IG saying they used a fake director to take a fall for filming in in Japan and he went jail.

[@code111japan]

This is correct, and Craig mentioned in another video as well. You have to understand that even shooting simple scenes which they did is illegal if it's obstructing pedestrians and their surroundings (good luck trying to blend in with whole film crew lol).

[@rlas]

Usually CG ages bad but I don't have this impression with this movie at all. The teams did marvelous work.

[@daniels8105]

It’s sad that a movie about actual racing is less popular

[@VictorSchofield]

Tokyo Drift has aged so well. Def the best movie out of all.

[@4BillC]

I didn't realize so much was faked. I knew it wasn't exactly real but I didn't know that much was CG.

[@RacerSteelz]

Wow that's crazy, didn't realize there was so much cg involved. They really pulled it off well!

[@TheHonestTruth]

this is absolutely fascinating. I see why film school exists now.

[@Raph333]

You will lean more from this video than film school

[@Wolfsgejaule]

Extremely impressive. Tokyo Drift was a masterpiece, it gives me loads of nostalgia these days.

[@NicsCarChannel]

It will never be the same now when I watch this movie. It is amazing how they do all the cg. Even all this AI stuff today.

[@crunchy1547]

AI…you mean artificial intelligence?

[@saimamasummita7838]

Tokyo Drift was very realastic even without filming the major scenes on Tokyo.

[@4g63_Everything]

My whole life was a lie😂😂

[@edothebad]

They did ma boy Sean dirty in F9....

[@paulreichelt1259]

Hell yes they did it was a shame, actually made the three of them look stupid unfortunately.

[@MrShadowchief]

Massacred my boy

[@privatezeron]

That's actually seriously impressive especially since I do video work as well. I would have never guessed that most of the film was not shot in Japan. The car stunts, sure, but the actual location not being in Japan? Wow, Tokyo Drift should have gotten an Oscar nomination at least.

[@kream314]

5:46 I KNEW IT I told everyone it was filmed at the Hawthorne mall! No one believes me 😂😂

[@Ricky911_]

I think that for anyone who has some basic Geographic knowledge on Japan and the US it was quite obvious that a lot of this movie was shot in California. The off-road driving scenes showed mountains with few trees and dry grass. Japan is very humid and very rainy, especially during Summer (in most of Japan that is, Winter is wetter in some parts). There's also the fact that in a lot of the scenes, the sky was completely clear. These past few days have happened to be really sunny and hot in Southern Japan but they're relatively rare. It's little things like that which give away the fact that it was primarily not filmed in Japan. I must say Tokyo Drift is one of my favourite movies ever. Most other Fast and Furious movies don't seem to be about racing anymore unfortunately. There's a reason why Rush is one of the most loved racing movies ever after all. It's because it's actually about racing. The whole Japanese ambience of Tokyo Drift with all the Japanese cars was such a nice idea, especially since most racing movies show American muscle cars or expensive European brands. So, this was a nice touch to the franchise I must say Edit: another thing is you can clearly see which scenes were shot in Japan or were CGI and which ones were shot in the US depending on the road. Japan's roads have different road markings. For example, the scene where Han is chased towards the end has double yellow lines in the middle of the street to divide the right lanes and left lanes. I don't think they actually exist in Japan

[@stfVFX]

14:42 and 14:48 next time ask before you steal my content :) Btw this is not even from the movie, this is my own personal project

[@Kyler_951]

Relax buddy

[@thana3270]

@@Kyler_951 He has every right to express his opinion/concerns this way Especially considering that he did not receive any credit what so ever.

[@3litza]

I agree with Rik Steffen has every right to point out that his work got used without his permission.

[@JohnnyFehr]

@@Kyler_951 yeah working on a personal project for months and relax when you see that after this many hour of work a random stranger comes and uses your content without asking or crediting... go home you are drunk...

[@somedude9431]

The answer to this is simple! All he has to do is put "with Steffen Hampel 'style' five seconds" in the description since that apparently absolves all copyright infringement...if this dudes channel is anything to go off...did he ask the Studio who owns Blade Runners lawyers before stealing their work? Or contacted Mike Pondsmith before stealing his?....

[@the.ghost.behind.u]

Hands down visually i think Tokyo Drift was by far the best movie of the franchise

[@TheGroundBeef]

Oh yeah, Tokyo Drift is hands down my favourite F&F film. Yeah the acting and dialogue is horrendous, but every real car person sees right past that and takes it for the fun and inspirational car film it is!! i would have never guessed this film wasnt shot in Tokyo

[@code111japan]

I would, but only beacause I live here. You can't help but notice small details such as totally fake looking license plates and stuff. That being said, my favorite F&F movie with no discussion.

[@MidnightClubBelgium]

Next livestream: "Hey did you know Tokyo Drift was not filmed in Tokyo?!" 🤣

[@lenva6537]

So.. it must be a " LOS ANGELES DRIFT " 🤭

[@jesusmarquez9948]

yea hahahaha lmaoo Ienva

[@lenva6537]

@@jesusmarquez9948 thats a truth 😂

[@Hinshu85]

And that lunch! Came from an hawaian teppanyiaki restaurant nearby.

[@pyroblade5287]

AMeriCaNs CAn’t DRiFt

[@pyroblade5287]

American Drift

[@TheTruthisLord]

Tokyo drift still holds the most impressive shots and rich cinematic story of all movies. the cars and locations make the movie so good. the VFX companies did a really impressive job on this and should have won awards because it convinced mostly everyone the movie was filmed in Japan.

[@_Salmon]

Fast and the Furious: California Drift

[@ahkiii_]

California *Drag

[@PSMGamingOfficial]

Tokyo Drift is seriously underrated, I still dont understand why this movie is slept on. Also its the movie which is most about street racing in the entire franchise.

[@williamjohn2057]

The only real thing is..the Drift King Keiichi Tsuchiya fishing while watching Sean practice😆

[@1ShaksB3]

Ahhh Yes. When Fast and Furious Was Really about Cars and Racing And Not about Super Soldier, Virus That Would take over the world and SpaceShip. The Good Days

[@FCT8306onTwoWheels]

Waiting on that Fast and Furious vs. Aliens and Predator

[@1ShaksB3]

@@FCT8306onTwoWheels Ikr when They start to Drive the Transformers to defeat Dinosuars

[@FCT8306onTwoWheels]

@@1ShaksB3 oh damn Shia Lebouf about to make a comeback in Fast and Furious

[@SuperMatiz]

Hello Craig, great episode! All Tokyo Drift facts are welcome- many of us shares Your opinion- there were much effort put in this movie and it shame thats wasn't awarded back in the days :( Lemme ask again- did you considered make another episode with special guest- in this case with Toshi? I'm still wondering how's Your feelings about beeing replaced by Toshi? Is it possible to catch up with him? We are HUNGRY for some trivia, like: -buying actualy japanese Tokyo Auto Saloon demo cars as "Heros" (like Veilside's Fortune) -Tsuchiyas involvement (I've heard he was forced to driving more rough to mimic Sean's learning progress) - Toshi as Extra in the background crowd or plane scene (I noticed 3 Toshi's "cameos" maybe theres more) -Mustang fake plates (zero can't be first dight, also theres special hiragana "Y" for US military) -backgrond cars driving one way, and than opposite way in (under) viaduct chase scene -JDM Insider dvd playing in the background TV's These are few found by myself. I BET theres many more! Keep up good work Craig- Imagine: I dislikes series after 5th movie, but absolutely loves what You doing here! Cheers!

[@marcoh.6345]

Did u know Keiichi Tsuchiya aka the real drift king did some drifting for the movie and also some of the Evo scenes

[@trippnoutmotorsport3164]

He only did a few shots in the evo

[@hotrodgt66scarbuildsandmor46]

Han: Tokyo is my mexico Craig Liberman: Tokyo is my Los Angeles, California. Me: so then which is it? is this like a glitch in the matrix?

[@detectivepayne3773]

Fast Five also wasn't filmed in Brazil, it was Puerto Rico

[@trippnoutmotorsport3164]

Repeating what’s in the video

[@thaaerikk8966]

Great video, Tokyo Drift made me a carguy when i was 4 years old and is still my favorite F&F Movie to this day with F&F 1

[@shindukess]

Everyone always badmouthed Tokyo drift when it came out only because the original cast wasn't in it. I watched it and enjoyed it very much and didn't care about the original cast being absent. I was curious what the story was for them as we never got a conclusion. But it didn't hurt the movie for me.

[@bbehzadi413]

Still the best F&F in my opinion. Wish they could do a new franchise with a similar vibe without having anything to do with the F&F story.

[@jeepnutscotty]

Besides the first one, this is my favourite one

[@guillaumejoop6437]

I know there was no way they could have blocked the famous shibuya crossing even for a few minutes for a such a dangerous scene, but it still blows my mind thinking about it

[@xtremev1]

I live a few blocks from Cabrillo high school so I enjoyed the shout out lol

[@XxxTRUExHINDUxxX]

Your production is getting great Craig! Quality content man, thanks for posting.

[@nks104]

For anyone wondering, the green screen keying and cyberpunk thingy were by Ian Hubert

[@BritBoundDiaries]

Fast and Furious franchise: Refuses to die. Craig Lieberman: Hold my steering wheel

[@JonathanLittle001]

Tokyo drift was an underrated technical work of art

[@FastnOut]

I dont care where the movie is filmed. As long the movie is a banger, I'll enjoy it

[@TrisCalangi]

I still remember watching this on HBO when I was a kid in my dad's apartment. It was the first fast and furious movie I've ever watched. Would've been nice if they added those deleted scenes to give more depth to the story but yeah I understand every movie has a time limit. And now after I've watched every fast movie, this still, for me, goes on the top of my list.

[@jhonnybenitez99]

Still one of the best car movie out there

[@hemi3005]

Yup

[@claysmell]

"Can I get a copy of that?"

[@bushido8077]

Fun facts: Vin Diesel in the ending scene also a CGI

[@trippnoutmotorsport3164]

Wrong

[@car_ventures]

I'm sure there was a story by Craig that the drift through the busy intersection scene was filmed for real in Japan and a Japenese guy was hired to pretend to be the director, so when they got caught he spent the night in jail instead of the actual director?

[@ggj1987]

That’s right, I remember that too! I don’t know which video it was though

[@omgurheadsgone]

It wasn’t the drift through the busy instersection, it was some other scene.

[@XxPapaDanxX]

It was the sumo guy when sean said okane

[@ciello___8307]

if you've been to japan before you could tell most of the racing was filmed in LA. Like the parking garage definitely didn't look like japan, and the big tunnel before shibuya was obviously Grand avenue in Downtown LA. Also the mountain scenes were definitely not japan since some of the signs and road markings were wrong.

[@seeingthelight3608]

Very informative video. I would never have imagined how much work went into producing these scenes. Scenes which have stood the test of time. Loved the film as its focus was still on cars. Thanks.

[@renxu9]

That Shibuya scene is beauty.

[@Johnny-ux7yi]

Tokyo Drift was not filmed in Tokyo? My childhood was a big fat lie 😂

[@josedelacruz1293]

So true

[@TheJCJexe]

Damn, had me fooled. I really thought it was shot in Japan. Hollywood is pretty good at making it believable Ill give em that.

[@gathel8574]

Only few who shot at real Tokyo

[@blr153289]

I remember you going over this in a previous video.. Good to have a recap.. I love how you mentioned the Oro Valley, AZ.. That is a small city north of Tucson, AZ.. For some reason F&F movies enjoy including Arizona for their movies, whether it is the first movie with Brian's 2G Eclipse with AZ plates, and his drivers license or the 3rd including Oro Valley High School and the police station where the cop has Sean for questioning.. Good video tho, keep them up..

[@Myrdoc]

That’s incredibly impressive and definitely a trick that has carried on today. Having a convincing looking location that is CG makes movies all that much better and more convincing.

[@QuixEnd]

Did you know that Avatar was shot nowhere even close to pandora? In fact it was actually shot 250 billion light-years from pandora and they used CG to make it look as authentic as possible

[@kedskies]

No they lied to you...they went to Pandora

[@QuixEnd]

@@kedskies hmmmm. I mean idk why you'd make that up so I believe you.

[@theshems7468]

Wow hats off to everyone who had a part in making this movie! One of the best movies in the franchise in my opinion.

[@DanielBriese]

I loved Tokyo Drift when it came out. It's still my favorite Fast&Furious movie.

[@beachboy4928]

Amazing. All these years I thought that film was actually shot in Tokyo. Bravo!

[@Srevelation]

I was fooled always thought was Japan and some little parts filmed in La

[@jesusmarquez9948]

me too lol

[@markoz673bajen8]

They named a neighbourhood driveway after a decepticon transformer. Lol Warpath

[@PodisNot]

Even know my childhood days I thought the really film it in Tokyo but once I researched it I was completely shock, plus this visual effects are amazing it really feels like your in Tokyo, unbelievable Without Tokyo Drift I will never become in love Tokyo, Tokyo Drift is the reason why I wanted to go to Japan And it is an amazing movie, I one my favorite movies of all

[@AmeerHamza-nv2ei]

Hey Craig, can you explain why the 240sx was selected 3 times in the franchise as well as the r34 gtr?

[@craiglieberman]

Sure. Because both of these cars were super popular back then -- and still are today.

[@TVCHLORD]

5:45 they did a great job making it look and feel like japan

[@YOEL_44]

For the time, it was an incredible amount of work that ended up looking perfect, this days, some artists in his home could do it in a few weeks, digital production has changed so much so fast

[@christopherpoussin3948]

I don’t know. This movie CGI still hold up today because they use it in smart (expensive) ways. A lot of movies today (Marvels, Star Wars, etc) just the lazy approach, and it just sticks out.

[@bigdundee12345]

By far the most underrated f&f movie in the franchise. My 2nd fav after the original!

[@priestthomas9221]

Actually I'm shocked after all these informations in this video. Like wow... I was like 6-7 years old when this movie came out and always had a special place in my heart, but now knowing all these details and background stuffs... it completely changes how I overview this whole movie (and in a positive way). It's literally an insane amount of work done in the right way, so mad salute to everyone who worked on this project!!

[@joshthemediocre7824]

I have a sick Hot Wheels of the girls blue & silver GTR that Han does donuts around..i had no idea it was from that part of the movie but now i do and it makes me like it that much more.

[@MichaelBrown-js1ti]

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[@baubaa1417]

14:42 is that a FWD GTI drifting?

[@germaineliew2012]

Seems like many don't really know that it's a very common practice for film/TV productions to not actually film at the actual location the storyline supposedly takes place in.

[@ravevolution]

Some or most people won't see it or know, except for the ones an eagle eye or live in those cities. They can spot the difference. Toronto is used a lot, especially back in the 90's Its' why you see the Space needle in shots and go "I didn't know "insert city name here" had that building lol

[@twrcrew8852]

"2 dudes from the ghetto in space... aint nobody gon believe us"

[@itz.shu.]

I actually liked the fact that this was mostly cg, they did a good job on it and the camera angles they had to use were actually my favorite camera angles and shots in any fast movie

[@iwebweeb4585]

I do not understand how this film couldnt be as hit as the first two movies

[@MeMyselfAndKgore]

That sumo wrestler "with the paw" got arrested while filming in Japan and spent a night in jail in Justin's place

[@deanchur]

Fun fact: The episodes of Breaking Bad where Walt is hiding out in "New Hampshire" were filmed in New Mexico as well Fun Fact 2: Many of the scenes in the 2003 film Lost in Translation, also set in Tokyo, were also shot guerrilla style.

[@robertraft]

spoiler alert, craig made this crystal clear years ago.

[@lepigion4277]

If you have all of seans evo 8 specs can you make a video of it

[@craiglieberman]

I released that video (Tokyo Drift Evo) months ago.

[@VertsVideos]

It's funny that I've watched Tokyo drip more than any of the other Fast and Furious movies. Good thanks for taking time to make this video it is very interesting!

[@giancarlo418]

Amogus drip

[@MrSeaDuck562]

The scene at 19:11 was the big giveaway for me that said this was not done in Tokyo. Besides recognizing the intersection of Wilshire & Hope when Han shows Sean why he drifts, how often does an MTA bus make a cameo appearance in a film that is reportedly set in Tokyo?

[@Happymali10]

14:40 Front wheel drive Golf drifting. That's Hollywood magic^^

[@mg19cal]

If I'm not mistaken, there was a rumor that got floated around that "Armageddon" wasn't actually filmed on a asteroid either, but it hasn't been confirmed or denied

[@IceManJhey]

Wow gotta give credit to everyone involved definitely one of my favorite movies hands down

[@christopherpoussin3948]

The last movie about *cars* in the franchise...

[@charliewillis7596]

This makes me sad because this movie was one of the reasons I went to Japan, and boy it clearly done a good job in doing so. Even watching it back now it looks unbelievable how you just assume they are in Japan in all the scenes. When I went to the Futsul pitch in Tokyo no listened to the song that was played in the movie. If you haven’t been to Japan PLEASE DO

[@Torquenation001]

My childhood is now ruined

[@joeblow5214]

The reflection and particle physics work is what impressed me. That seems more on par with what a game studio does then something that a movie studio does.

[@ix-badsport-xix7433]

How fitting that this video came out just as Rockstar added an RX7 and a Fairlady/ 350/370z in GTA 5 for the latest Los Santos Tuners Update ☺️

[@ellerez2455]

Thanks for the list of the companies. I cant even imaging how hard it must been with that big green screens on buildings. Legends

[@SkylineGuy]

so... the floor isn't made out of floor? :(

[@r6luis]

My life is a lie

[@paulcarmi8130]

You really thought, all of this time, that this was really filmed in Japan?

[@r6luis]

@@paulcarmi8130 No shit it looked so real when I was 7

[@paulcarmi8130]

@@r6luis oof. That has ta' hurt!

[@FishFind3000]

@@paulcarmi8130 pretty sure it was sarcasm

[@paulcarmi8130]

@@FishFind3000 read his second comment, doesn't look like sarcasm

[@alessandrochiodo9186]

ow ow what is next Keiichi Tsuchiya was rendered too :-D , great videos as always

[@4g63_Everything]

😂😂😂 that can't be

[@jakobh6257]

These videos are fascinating, thank you Craig

[@Har2h]

I wish you could talk to some of the vfx companies and go deep into the details of this incredible real-life looking scenes.

[@flashanddancedj]

I for one have always been into CG ever since i watched a show called FX Masters on the FX Channel. It was hosted by Christopher Reeves and talked about all kinds of things from stunt men to how practical or CG was used... I was fascinated by this and have always enjoyed how Hollywood could make me disappear to a different world... Thanks for your Insite and yes this is the best one over all...

[@jonnyzeta9883]

keep em coming Craig!! love these vids!

[@felixli4306]

childhood ruined but in a good and mature way Adding more appretiation to it

[@JoseMedina-hs9st]

It's like Transformers 2 I think the part when they were filming with the Pyramids I think that was filmed in New Mexico That's the port where you see devastator

[@koppp_]

Sean went from drifting to rocket science, fucking writers...

[@skrublordnord69]

It just works. -Todd Howard