In Initial D, I was...
as I understand it, a professional racer.
He meets some street-kid racers.
The cars they drive are for mountain roads.
But I'm a professional racer...
with a personality and background.
At first, I look down on the others.
But there's this guy called Ryousuke Takahashi,
the role Edison plays,
he beat me in a race before. So...
there's this thorn in me that needs to be extracted.
I thought a lot about things in preparation for the role.
Luckily they were very similar to the director's expectation.
I've thought a lot about team identity.
Like the style of each time. It was rejected.
I'd never have expected my image to be so rock.
I have tight jeans and a tight leather jacket.
The bandana is an image for Kyouichi. It's his identity.
Everyone knows that my skull is all scarred.
So...
Luckily the bandana could cover some scars.
And...
This time I'm very happy.
Because I have a lot of friends in this film together with me.
The whole process makes me happy.
I didn't prepare much for the racing scenes.
In car racing...
In drifting or in driving a car...
In driving you have some simple and standard moves like changing gear...
I can handle those things.
But I can't drift.
Even the actual drift champion ruined two E3s.
If I drive, I can't imagine how many I'll ruin.
This is the third car I'm driving.
For example... Yes.
There's not much preparation.
In Hong Kong we drive on the right.
I was more worried for Jay as they drive on the left in Taiwan.
Edison is not very good with manual drive.
Since Edison just came back from abroad, he's used to left-hand drive.
Simple driving moves like this...
like gear changing, I can handle them.
That's not difficult.
I was focusing more on the emotional development of Kyouichi.
That's the main thing.
Thank you, director.
The resemblance is in the bandana.
That's how Kyouichi looks.
If there's no bandana.
and only this jacket, it won't do.
The Kyouichi in the comics or DVD,
other than the bandana, he wears a short jeans jacket.
The waist of his pants is up to the chest.
If I had to wear costumes like that in the film
it'll be disastrous.
We'll sell no tickets.
I feel that...
Other than the fact that the car's from a different era,
the other areas of the production like the intellect
or the image design for each team, or the dialogue and the rest.
They're all very contemporary.
Other than the cars being old school, the rest are OK.
I believe the partnership of Andrew Lau and Alan Mak
with the addition of the screenwriter, Felix,
we don't have to worry how the film will turn out.
They're a sure hit.
Andrew is very aesthetic...
How to put it? He's very sensitive to the camera.
As for Alan Mak...
this is his first time as a main director for films I've been in.
We've worked on films when he was assistant director.
He has matured as a director,
especially when he's in charge of the dramatic part of the film.
He's more important than...
Andrew directs drama as well,
but he's more of a cinematographer and Alan trusts him a lot in that area.
He trusts him.
In areas of drama, Andrew trusts Alan as well.
With Felix in, the combination will be a success.
In drifting, the car is not moving totally on its tyres.
It's... We can say...
As far as I know, and I don't know much,
like when in a rally...
in a rally you can see cars skid into a curve.
Drifting is skidding into a curve.
The centre of gravity drifts and the car doesn't depend on its tyres to move.
It's like...
It's... Once I was sitting on the passenger seat and my friend was driving.
I felt...
like that.
It makes you high, the moment you drift.
The moment when the drift finishes and the car speeds off..
That's...
I can't explain.
You have to experience it to know. I can't describe.
Before filming, I thought, Mount Akina?
Mount Tai Mo is the same, why go so far to film?
Mount Akina doesn't really exist.
When I was on top of the mountain, I felt the difference.
Be it the trees or...
or...
The hairpin bends. They have a few of them.
I was surprised to see the number of hairpin bends there.
Drifting here is very dangerous.
I'll tell my friends to watch the film.
This film belongs to the Chinese. It's a Chinese filming style
with Chinese actors telling a Japanese comic story.
If it succeeds, don't you dare look down on the Hong Kongers.
Yes.