- "So, how did you end up over here, anyway?"
"Well, you know those old Westerns where the cowboys make a run for the border? This is my Mexico." - ―Sean Boswell and Han Seoul-Oh
Tokyo, officially Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital and largest city of Japan.[1][2][3][4]
History
Fast & Furious
After Han Seoul-Oh tells Dominic Toretto that cops raided their garage in Baracoa, Dom realizes the heat is too much and disbands their crew, telling Han that it's time for him to go do his own thing. Han then tells him that he heard they're doing some crazy stuff in Tokyo, and that he would most likely go there.
Fast Five
When Han and Gisele Yashar became romantically involved following the theft of Hernan Reyes' multi million dollar vault in Rio de Janeiro, the two contemplated where they would go next. Gisele brings up Han's previous suggestion, Tokyo, as a possibility. Han, however, decides that they would get there "eventually".[2]
Fast & Furious 6
Sometime after, Han and Gisele, who have been traveling the world together, made it to Hong Kong. Living relatively well among the populace, Han begins to discuss settling down having a future together with her..[3] Gisele, however, believes that they are settling down, but appears to ignore the subtext of his words.
When Gisele seemingly lost her life during the fight against Owen Shaw and his international team of criminals, a mourning Han decided to go to Tokyo, telling Tej Parker and Roman Pearce that "it's just something [he has] to do". [3]
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Sean Boswell was sent to Tokyo as an alternative to going to prison. While there, he inadvertently angered the city's "Drift King", Takashi, when he spoke to his girlfriend, Neela. When he challenged him to a race, Han, who was a part of Takashi's group, gave him the keys to his Nissan Silvia S15 to race against him. After learning the hard way what drifting was, Sean was placed under Han's debt to do whatever Han asks. However, Han and Sean formed a friendship with one another, and Han decides to help Sean master the art of drifting.
During a late night conversation, Han lamented that Tokyo was his border town escape, similar to the ones in old western films, when cowboys would flee to Mexico. When Takashi learns that Han has been stealing money from his Yakuza-affiliated uncle, Kamata, he tries to kill him. During Han's bid for escape, his car was t-boned by Deckard Shaw, Owen's older brother, who claimed responsibility as revenge and contacted Dominic Toretto as Han's car exploded.[1][3]
Sean decides to talk to Kamata, where he proposed a race in which the loser will leave Tokyo, and thus make peace once again. Kamata agrees, and Sean, along with his friends, rebuild his Dad's salvaged Mustang using the engine from Han's destroyed Nissan Silvia. Sean races Takashi and wins and Takashi leaves Tokyo. That night, while celebrating at a car meet. Twinkie informed Sean that a racer who has raced around Asia (although later removed in Furious 7 to fit the storyline) wants to race him. Sean agrees, and meets Dominic who is driving a Plymouth Road Runner that he won from Han and tells him that Han was his family. Dom and Sean began their race and it is later confirmed that Dom won.
Furious 7
Deckard's actions forced Dom to visit Tokyo in order to bring Han's remains back to the United States. After his race with Sean, the two discussed Han and Sean returned what he could salvage from the RX-7's wreckage- a photo of Gisele and Dominic's cross necklace.[4] When Sean asked what Dom would do to Han's apparent killer, he responded that "words haven't been invented yet". Dom then left Tokyo to return to Los Angeles and prepare a funeral for Han, presumably keeping in touch with Sean.
Unbeknownst to anyone, Mr. Nobody arranged with Han to fake his death so that he could keep Project Aries and its activation key, Elle Lue, safe. Using a hologram they made it appear that Han was blown up in the car however Han was on the side of the road the entire time. After the car blows up, Han was presumed dead and went underground with Elle.
F9
After Dom finds a postcard he received from Han before his death, Mia and Letty travel to Tokyo to find information on Han's connection to Mr. Nobody. They make a stop at Han's Garage which has been left untouched since Tokyo Drift, and they discovered a connection between Gisele, Han and Mr. Nobody. They deemed the garage a dead end and stopped for dinner in a small street where they chat about old times.
After spotting an apartment with a Mexican flag in the window, Letty remembered Han mentioning how Tokyo was his old west in a movie where outlaws flee to the Old West in Mexico and they search the apartment. They found a photo of Han with a young Elle and at that moment Elle arrived and tells them to get down as armed agents attack.
Letty, Mia and Elle worked together to fight Otto's operatives and as one of them was about to shoot Elle, Letty pushed him out a window and they both fall to the ground below. When some of them stormed Letty, they were shot to death by an unknown figure, who was then revealed to be Han.
Gallery
F9
References
External Links
- Tokyo at Wikipedia
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