Tokyo Vice is an American crime drama television series created by J. T. Rogers and based on the 2009 memoir by Jake Adelstein. It stars Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, Hideaki Itō, Show Kasamatsu, Ella Rumpf, Rinko Kikuchi, Tomohisa Yamashita, Miki Maya, and Yōsuke Kubozuka.
Tokyo Vice: Created by J.T. Rogers. With Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, Shô Kasamatsu. A Western journalist working for a publication in Tokyo takes on one of the city's most powerful crime bosses.
Max series Tokyo Vice, starring Ken Watanabe and Ansel Elgort, offered an unprecedented look at Japan's yakuza, but ended after just two seasons.
Watch Tokyo Vice on HBO Max. Plans start at $10.99/month. Loosely inspired by Jake Adelstein's firsthand account, this crime drama follows the young American journalist as he descends into the neon-soaked underbelly of late '90s Tokyo, where nothing and no one are what they seem.
HBO Max's original Tokyo Vice, with a 91% audience score and intense storytelling, is a 2-season series that is a must-watch for crime drama fans.
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Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan is a 2009 memoir by Jake Adelstein of his years living in Tokyo as the first non-Japanese reporter working for one of Japan 's largest newspapers, the Yomiuri Shimbun. [1][2] It was published by Random House and Pantheon Books. [3] Max adapted the memoir into a 2022 television series.