Airdate: Tokyo Vice
Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe star in a new crime drama filmed on location in Tokyo.
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Inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction, first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department beat, comes Tokyo Vice, premiering on Paramount+ next week.
The series stars Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe.
Filmed on location in Tokyo, the eight episode series follows a young American journalist’s (played by Golden Globe® nominee Ansel Elgort) rapid descent into Tokyo’s neon-soaked underbelly in the late ‘90s. Hired as prestigious newspaper Meicho Shimbun’s first American crime reporter, Adelstein soon finds himself covering seemingly unrelated cases – but quickly grows suspicious that more nefarious forces are at play. After embedding himself into the Tokyo Metro PD, alongside Detective Hiroto Katagiri (Academy Award® nominee Ken Watanabe), Adelstein is thrust into a seedy, fast-paced world of corruption, crime, and deception, where nothing and no one are what they seem.
Tony® Award-winning playwright J.T. Rogers created and wrote the series and also serves as executive producer. Four-time Academy Award® nominee and Emmy® winner Michael Mann directed the pilot. He is an executive producer along with Emmy® winner Alan Poul, Jake Adelstein, Ansel Elgort, Emmy® winner Emily Gerson Saines, Brad Caleb Kane, Destin Daniel Cretton, Ken Watanabe, Kayo Washio, and Academy Award® winner John Lesher. 
Tuesday, 24 May on Paramount+.
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I should have said HBO Max and not Paramount+ as they and Wowow in Japan are the original producers of Tokyo Vice.
With Michael Mann’s creative input this show is definitely worth a look, though it wont be for everyone, it could have a second season made as well if Paramount+ have the budget, it will need one. Tokyo Vice should work well on the SBS being made mostly in Japanese, as you would expect.
I thought this was announced for SBS at the upfronts. or is that just second window?
Good recall…. late 2022 on SBS apparently.