In North America, when we hear the words 鈥�,鈥� we know we鈥檙e in for high-octane doses of fast cars, explosions, and cheesy plot points. If you were to ask a group of Japanese friends if they wanted to kick back and watch an F&F movie, however, you鈥檇 be met with weird glances. If you鈥檙e in the mood for growling monologues about family and quarter miles while you鈥檙e in Japan, you鈥檙e actually talking about the Wild Speed franchise.
It turns out that in the funny thing we call language, Fast & Furious doesn鈥檛 translate terribly well from English to Japanese, so Wild Speed was the next best thing. The latest movie was called 鈥淲ild Speed: Ice Break,鈥� which we assume is because of the ice that totally does break during the last 20 or so minutes of the film.
The fifth and sixth installments also feature subtitles based solely on a scene that happened in their respective movies, while the others were subtitled with 鈥淴鈥� and 鈥淢AX鈥� for probably really good reasons.
Check out the list here to see how the English and Japanese titles stack up:
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