Where They Went

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

Directed by Justin Lin

After one race too many in Arizona, teenager Sean is sent to live with his father in Tokyo, where he learns to drift and takes on a yakuza's nephew.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1High school race through a housing development
    Oro Valley, Arizona
    ≈ 00:02:00
    Inferred

    Sean races a classmate through a building site and wrecks his car, so he is sent abroad to avoid jail.

  2. 2Father's apartment and school
    Tokyo, Japan
    ≈ 00:12:00
    Stated on screen

    Sean moves in with his father, a naval officer, and starts at a Japanese high school.

  3. 3Car meet in a multi-storey car park
    Tokyo, Japan
    ≈ 00:20:00
    Inferred

    At an underground car meet Sean loses a drift race to Takashi in Han's car.

  4. 4Chase through Shibuya Crossing
    Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
    ≈ 01:15:00
    Stated on screen
  5. 5Mountain pass outside Tokyo (fictional)
    ≈ 01:30:00
    InferredFictional
  6. 6Car meet
    Tokyo, Japan
    ≈ 01:38:00
    Inferred

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
9,577 km
Places
4
Countries
2
Stops
6
  • Plane: 9,467 km
  • Not shown: 55 km
  • Car: 55 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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