racer who now runs a tofu shop Shawn Yue as Takeshi Nakazato, leader of the NightKids Chapman To as Itsuki Takeuchi, Takumi's friend and the leader of the Akina SpeedStars. His father owns the gas station. Jordan Chan as Kyouichi Sudou, leader of Team Emperor Kenny Bee as Yuuichi Tachibana, the gas station owner and Bunta's friend Tsuyoshi Abe as Kenji, one of the gas station attendants who is a member of Akina SpeedStars Liu Keng Hung, as Seiji Iwaki, member of Team Emperor Chie Tanaka as Miya, a female gas station attendant that Itsuki dates Kazuyuki Tsumura as Mr. X, Natsuki's sugar daddy Production The Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japanese, American and British versions each have different soundtracks. Release Initial D was released on 23 June 2005 in several Asian markets including Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and mainland China. In the Philippines, the film was released on 12 July 2006. In North America, the film screened at the Chicago International Film Festival on 15 October 2005 and had a limited run at the Imaginasian Theater in New York City on 30 December 2005. Home media Initial D was released as a direct to video DVD in Australia on 21 October 2005. It was released in the United Kingdom on 28 April, and the Philippines on 12 July 2006. Tai Seng Entertainment, the distributor of Initial D in the United States, released Initial D on Blu-ray on 22 January 2008. This is an exclusive release for the Blu-ray format which included an English dub. In Japan, the DVD release sold 250,000 units, grossing approximately () in video sales revenue. Soundtrack The AAA song "Blood on Fire" (2005), the film's main theme song, sold 58,052 single units, grossing approximately . The Mink insert song "Beautiful" sold 2,786 units, grossing . The U.K. release of the film features an entirely different soundtrack composed and compiled by Richie Warren of Fuel. Critical reception On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film received an approval rating of 33% based on 6 reviews, with an average rating of 4.1/10. Accolades Initial D won six awards out of 15 nominations from the 42nd Golden Horse Awards in 2005 and 25th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2006. 42nd Golden Horse Awards 25th Hong Kong Film Awards Cancelled Sequel A sequel has been in discussion since the following year after the movie debuted. However, a