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Initial D: Third Stage
69%
Movie
1h 44m
AI Analysis
Initial D: Third Stage (2001) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Initial D: Third Stage (2001) — a movie tagged as Action, Animation, and Romance with nostalgic moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: 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 Japa… Our models also surface themes such as ai, family, and war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~104 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Initial D: Third Stage 69% (52 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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from 52 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2001-01-13
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- TMDB rating
- 6.9
- TMDB ID
- 80741
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What is Initial D: Third Stage about?
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 Ryosuk... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Initial D: Third Stage?
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How long is the movie Initial D: Third Stage?
The official runtime for Initial D: Third Stage is approximately 104 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Cast
Shin-ichiro Miki
Takumi Fujiwara (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Natsuki Mogi (voice)
Mitsuo Iwata
Itsuki Takeuchi (voice)
Takehito Koyasu
Ryosuke Takahashi (voice)
Nobutoshi Canna
Kai Kogashiwa (voice)
Masahiko Tanaka
Kyoichi Sudo (voice)
Takumi Yamazaki
Miki (voice)
Unsho Ishizuka
Bunta Fujiwara (voice)
Kazuki Yao
Koichiro Iketani (voice)
Wataru Takagi
Kenji (voice)
Tomomichi Nishimura
Yuichi Tachibana (voice)
Tomokazu Seki
Keisuke Takahashi (voice)
Kinryu Arimoto
Ken Kogashiwa (voice)
Kazuhisa Kawahara
Seiji Iwaki (voice)
Nobuyuki Hiyama
Takashi Nakazato (voice)
Keiji Fujiwara
Shingo Shoji (voice)
Michiko Neya
Mako Sato (voice)
Yumi Kakazu
Sayuki (voice)
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