Jeff Yang takes an inside look on Justin Lin’s making of, “Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift.

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That’s what makes “Tokyo Drift” distinct from its predecessors. The first two movies were about sheer acceleration — about that moment when the pedal hits the floor, that funny spot above your groin goes “Whee!” and your competition instantly fades into vague dots on the horizon behind you.

But while the joys of torque are still definitely a factor in this latest chapter, they’re far from the heart of the game. “In the original script for this film, Sean, the movie’s hero, wins the big race by kicking in a hidden nitrous tank and blowing past the bad guy,” says Lin. “Anyone who knows anything about drifting would have just laughed his ass off at that. It just makes no sense: You can’t win that way. Drifting is not about power.”

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