| Han Lue | |
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| Better Luck Tomorrow and Fast & Furious character | |
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| First appearance | Better Luck Tomorrow (2002) |
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| Adapted by | Chris Morgan |
| Portrayed by | Sung Kang |
| In-universe information | |
| Alias | Han Seoul-Oh |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Street Racer |
| Affiliation | Crew members:
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| Significant other | Gisele Yashar |
| Children | Elle (adoptive daughter) |
| Nationality | South Korean |
Han Lue[1] (also known by his alias Han Seoul-Oh) is a fictional character in the Fast & Furious franchise. He is portrayed by Sung Kang, who, like the character himself, is of Korean descent. The character appears for the first time in Justin Lin's 2002 film Better Luck Tomorrow, before being incorporated into the Fast & Furious franchise by Lin in his 2006 film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, appearing in Tokyo as the mentor of Sean Boswell, seemingly dying in an explosion after a collision three-quarters of the way through the film. Han's status as a member of Dominic Toretto's crew was shown in the subsequent films Fast & Furious, Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6, and Furious 7 as well as the short film Los Bandoleros, all set between the events of Better Luck Tomorrow and Tokyo Drift. He reappeared in F9, his first appearance set after the events of Tokyo Drift, in which his death is retconned, and he is now raising an adoptive daughter, Elle, later partnering with Deckard Shaw in Fast X.
Han is considered a breakout character, with the timeline of the Fast & Furious series altered on multiple occasions to explain his presence despite his death (prior to it being retconned), with Kang receiving significant praise for his performance as the character.
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