Initial D is a 2005 Hong Kong-Chinese action film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak.

The main character, Takumi Fujiwara, is portrayed by Jay Chou in his film acting debut.

[3] Takumi Fujiwara is a high school student who has been delivering tofu to the resorts in Mount Akina in his father Bunta's Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86.

He also works part-time at a gas station where his friend Itsuki, the owner's son and a high school dropout, aspires to be a street racer.

Natsuki Mogi, an attractive classmate, smiles as she walks by Takumi, but she's an escort, who has been secretly going on dates with a sugar daddy who drives a Mercedes-Benz S-Class.

Natsuki wants to go on a beach date with Takumi, so Bunta agrees to loan him the car and fill the gas tank provided that he wins the race at Akina.

[citation needed] The Mink insert song "Beautiful" sold 2,786 units, grossing ¥2.93 million.

[citation needed] The U.K. release of the film features an entirely different soundtrack composed and compiled by Richie Warren of Fuel.

[citation needed] Initial D was released on 23 June 2005 in several Asian markets including Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and mainland China.

In March 2014, director and producer, Andrew Lau, reconfirmed in an exclusive interview that a sequel would surely follow but is tight-lipped on the release date.

[17] Since then, there has been no other discussions about the planned sequel after Lau's statement in 2020, and the project has been stuck in development hell ever since, to the point where it may have been presumably cancelled.