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Initial D: Third Stage

Initial D: Third Stage

20016.81h 44m

Overview

With high school graduation right around the corner, Takumi Fujiwara has a lot on his mind and a lot to prepare for. Everything becomes even more complicated when Takumi is offered a spot on Ryosuke Takahashi's elite Kengai Racing Team, which seeks to assemble the greatest racers in the Gunma area for a tour of Japan's mountain passes. Before he can accept however, Takumi feels the need to settle the score with the Lancer Evo driving Emperor team, defend his downhill-racer crown against the son of his father's greatest rival, and finally settle things with his unfaithful girlfriend Natsuki.

Directed by Noboru Mitsusawa
Written by Nobuaki Kishima, Hiroshi Toda, Shuichi Shigeno
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Top Cast

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Takumi Fujiwara (voice)

Ayako Kawasumi

Ayako Kawasumi

Natsuki Mogi (voice)

Mitsuo Iwata

Mitsuo Iwata

Itsuki Takeuchi (voice)

Takehito Koyasu

Takehito Koyasu

Ryosuke Takahashi (voice)

Nobutoshi Canna

Nobutoshi Canna

Kai Kogashiwa (voice)

Masahiko Tanaka

Masahiko Tanaka

Kyoichi Sudo (voice)

Takumi Yamazaki

Takumi Yamazaki

Miki (voice)

Unsho Ishizuka

Unsho Ishizuka

Bunta Fujiwara (voice)

Kazuki Yao

Kazuki Yao

Koichiro Iketani (voice)

Wataru Takagi

Wataru Takagi

Kenji (voice)

Themes & Keywords

car racesequelstreet racedriftingbased on mangamountain passanimemotorsport

About Initial D: Third Stage

Initial D: Third Stage is a action, animation, romance film released in 2001 exploring themes of car race, sequel, street race, drifting, based on manga, mountain pass. Directed by Noboru Mitsusawa, it stars Shin-ichiro Miki, Ayako Kawasumi, Mitsuo Iwata. With high school graduation right around the corner, Takumi Fujiwara has a lot on his mind and a lot to prepare for. Everything becomes even more complicated when Takumi is offered a spot on Ryosuke Takahashi's elite Kengai Racing Team, which seeks to assemble the greatest racers in the Gunma area for a tour of Japan's mountain passes. Before he can accept however, Takumi feels the need to settle the score with the Lancer Evo driving Emperor team, defend his downhill-racer crown against the son of his father's greatest rival, and finally settle things with his unfaithful girlfriend Natsuki.

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