Should you watch Tokyo Vice?
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Tokyo Vice
Series · 2022
A first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat following Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice police squad to reveal corruption. Based on Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction book of the same name.
The sides of Tokyo Vice
- An American reporter at a Tokyo newspaper
- Yakuza wars in 1990s Tokyo
- A veteran detective played by Ken Watanabe
Tokyo Vice is good for you if…
- you like the yakuza underworld seen from a crime reporter's desk.
- you want neon Tokyo nights shot like a film.
- you like a story that takes its time across two seasons.
Tokyo Vice is bad for you if…
- you can't stand cruel gangland violence.
About: corruption · ambition · being an outsider
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