Tokyo Vice Cast Guide: Where You Know The Actors From
The new HBO series Tokyo Vice adapts the memoir by journalist Jake Adelstein, the first American to be assigned to the Tokyo crime beat in the 1990s, and it has a stellar cast of actors. The series stars Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, Ella Rumpf, Rinko Kikuchi, Shô Kasamatsu, and Tomohisa Yamashita. The pilot episode is directed by veteran filmmaker Michael Mann (Heat, Ali, Miami Vice), with J.T. Rogers (Oslo) acting as showrunner.
Tokyo Vice was shot entirely on location in Japan (in and around Tokyo), with the majority of the cast being of Japanese descent, adding to the authenticity of the adaptation. Adelstein's memoir covers his 12 years of reporting on the crime beat for the world's largest newspaper, Yomiuri Shimbun, where he regularly covered the Yakuza and eventually received death threats over his work. Adelstein formed a working relationship with a detective throughout his tenure on the crime beat, who acted as a father figure to the tenacious journalist.
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The HBO Max series will focus on Adelstein's origins in becoming a reporter for Yomiuri Shimbun and his struggles in being a «gaijin» («outsider» in Japanese) as he attempts to immerse himself in the culture and be accepted as a journalist among the ranks of his peers. Along the way, he faces political, societal, relationship, and even physical roadblocks that challenge his journey, while remaining steadfast in his pursuit of the truth. Seeped in the lush, vibrant, and fascinating world of Japan, Tokyo Vice stars a myriad of talented actors that help bring it all to life.
Ken Watanabe plays detective Hiroto Katagiri in Tokyo Vice, a hard-nosed policeman who acts as a mentor to Elgort's
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