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Based on the hugely popular Manga comic by Shuichi Shigeno, adapted by Felix
Chong and directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak - together the filmmaking trio
responsible for the phenomenally successful Infernal Affairs trilogy -
INITIAL D: DRIFTRACER finally hits UK cinemas on 28th April 2006.
Already a massive box office success in Hong Kong, where it grossed more than
War Of The Worlds and Batman Begins combined, INITIAL D:
DRIFTRACER is one of the most highly anticipated Asian films to be released
in recent years.
The "D" in the title stands for 'drifting', a motor racing technique of putting
a car into a controlled slide around bends without losing any speed. It is
a technique used to great effect by the Night Kids, an illegal street racing
team who are keen to pit their skills against the mysterious "Akina Racing God",
a driver who has unwittingly perfected the art of drifting around the notorious
and deadly hairpin bends of Mount Akina.
Unknown to everybody, including himself, the mystery driver is actually a
teenage student named Takumi (played by Taiwanese heartthrob Jay Chou), who uses
drifting merely as an insanely high-speed method of returning home after
delivering tofu for his father's takeaway business. Uninterested in
racing, Takumi is more concerned in pursuing his relationship with a cute fellow
student, Natsuki (Anne Suzuki). But when his identity as the racing god's
is eventually revealed, Takumi is convinced by his father, himself a former
racing driver, to take part in a series of perilous illegal downhill races.
For Takumi the adrenaline and fame soon become irresistible as he accelerates
towards a full-throttle three-way showdown against the best of the best.
Super-stylish, super-slick and packed with edge-of-the-seat racing sequences,
where real drift racers were employed to make the stunts as realistic as
possible INITIAL D: DRIFTRACER is a highly entertaining thrill-ride
action movie guaranteed to enthrall car enthusiasts, petrolheads and Asian
cinema aficionados alike with specially composed music by street bass and auto
styling experts 'Fuel'.
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