--- title: "A New Movie About Pro Drifting With Keiichi Tsuchiya Is Coming in June" description: "Alive Hoon will be about Japan's pro-drifting series." date: "2022-02-17" modified: "2022-02-17" authors: - name: "Victoria Scott" job_title: "Contributor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/victoria-scott" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/44342/a-new-movie-about-pro-drifting-with-keiichi-tsuchiya-is-coming-in-june" categories: - "News" - "Watch This" tags: - "D1GP" - "Drifting" - "Keiichi Tsuchiya" - "movie" - "Movie Trailer" --- # A New Movie About Pro Drifting With Keiichi Tsuchiya Is Coming in June ![]() *\www.thedrive.com\* Look, I adore [*Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift*]()*.* It's about the closest American moviegoing audiences will ever get to a big-budget cinematic love letter to the [exciting world of drifting](), and it's a vastly entertaining film. But if you want a deeper dive into the world of competitive drifting, *Alive Hoon* might just be for you. A fictional movie by Mugen Films, *Alive Hoon* is about the very-real [D1GP]() series, Japan's highest-level drifting competition, and [*Japanese Nostalgic Car* reports]() that it's the only movie ever made centered on the pro-drifting scene of Japan. The plot centers on an e-sports gamer played by Shuihei Nomura, shown competing in [*Gran Turismo Sport*](), who makes the leap to professional drifting. The rest is a bit hazy in the 30-second trailer, but the action is crystal-clear, and it's *killer.* https://youtube.com/embed/Ud\_-7nM0U1o Immediately the trailer opens with a Nissan S15 Silvia—specifically, [Naoki Nakamura's]() Silvia—leaping over the camera at what appears to be [Ebisu Minami's infamous drift-jump-corner](). The filmmakers claim the entire movie is "CG Zero," which means all the action scenes are shot in the real world without special effects. Think [*Mad Max: Fury Road*](), but on a mountain pass with technicolor drift cars rather than blacked-out Falcons in the wastelands of the apocalypse. A behind-the-scenes video, uploaded today, reveals slightly more about the production and filming of *Alive Hoon.* Nakamura is a stunt driver for the production and appears in the drift scenes of the bright-pink Silvia being driven (and in a few instances, crashed). Alongside Nakamura is a who's-who of drifting legends, with [Masato Kawabata]() and [Daigo Saito]() also contributing as stunt drivers. [Keiichi Tsuchiya](), the Drift King himself, will oversee the action scenes directly. https://youtube.com/embed/\_7xl8Sse7yE The "supported by" list for the film is nearly as long as the cast credits themselves, but by far the most notable sponsor is [Toyota Gazoo Racing](). The making-of video prominently features both Kawabata's Toyo Tires-liveried Supra and Saito's personal 1,000-horsepower, 2JZ-swapped GR Yaris, and the main character of the film appears to practice extensively in a bright-pink Toyota JZX100 Chaser. ![message-editor%2F1645120316683-kv02.jpg]() **Alive Hoon** Regardless of the plot and specific cars, this looks like the love letter to D1GP I've waited for, ever since I switched regions on my DVD player to watch 2007 highlight reels I'd find on eBay. Sadly, while the movie has a June 10 release date in Japan, there appear to be no plans to release it Stateside. The film does have an [official Twitter account, however](), so I might just try to bug them until they let me watch it. *Got a tip or question for the author? You can reach her here**:* *victoria.scott@thedrive.com.* ## Author Victoria Scott is a former staff writer for The Drive. She began in the automotive industry as a freelancer in early 2021, fresh out of a programming job at NASA Mission Control. ### Author social links [LinkedIn]() [Instagram]() [Twitter]()