The eight-episode first season sees a constant dance of vice, virtues, and the dangerous powerplays that control the city. And then he discovers the dark and dangerous empire of the yakuza, resting underneath the city’s neon-lit, sparkling façade, protected by their own laws and principles and untouched by the justice system. Tokyo Vice Season 1 explores Jake’s life as a rookie reporter in Tokyo, facing systemic challenges as he tries to do some real reporting. He befriends a seasoned detective, Hiroto Katagiri, played by Ken Watanabe ( Inception), who helps him with his mission to find out the real truth. The story follows a fictionalized version of Adelstein, played by Ansel Elgort ( The Fault in Our Stars), who joins a leading national daily in Tokyo as a crime reporter, but soon learns that nothing and no one in that world is as they seem. Rogers and is inspired by journalist Jake Adelstein’s memoir Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan, which documents his experiences as a reporter in Tokyo between the mid-90s and mid-00s. Tokyo Vice is created by award-winning playwright J.T.
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Soon after its premiere in April 2022, Tokyo Vice was renewed for an all-new second season and the series is looking to return soon to the roaring, raging kingdom of the yakuza. This Max original series looks at the underworld of 90s Tokyo from the inside out, following one young journalist and a detective who are both determined to uncover the truth, no matter the cost.
There are crime thrillers and then there is Tokyo Vice, a gritty story that explores crimes and criminals with a very different approach.
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