Tokyo Vice Cast and Creators Reveal What’s Ahead on Season 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2024
- With the first two episodes of Season 2 now streaming on Max, Collider's Steve Weintraub had the opportunity to sit down for an extended interview with the cast and creatives behind Max's '90s noir series Tokyo Vice at the SCAD TV festival in Atlanta. Stars Ken Watanabe, Ansel Elgort, Rachel Keller, and Shôw Kasamatsu join series creator and executive producer J.T. Rogers and director and executive producer, Alan Poul to discuss how they bring the streets of '90s Japan to life and what fans can expect in Season 2.
Inspired by the true account of American journalist Jake Adelstein, Tokyo Vice introduced viewers to a neon-washed world of the criminal underbelly of Tokyo in Season 1. We met Jake (Elgort), a determined young journalist who teamed up with Detective Hiroto Katagiri (Watanabe) to uncover a dangerous story about a deadly crime boss. In Season 2, Adelstein gets swept up in the underworld once again and realizes just how much is on the line this time.
Check out the full interview in the video above, or you can read the transcript below where Elgort and Keller share the crash courses they took to learn the skills necessary for their roles, like learning Japanese and journalism. They talk about working with Michael Mann, filming in rural Japan to capture the aesthetic of the period, what they're most excited for fans to see this season, and tons more.
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This show deserves more praise and needs to be promoted more by HBOMax!
Show is excellent. Great characters. Compelling storyline.
I can speak both Japanese and English fluently. You guys are brilliant in bringing Ken Watanabe’s advice on what words Yakuza, reporters, and policemen used in the 90’s. And when actors use English or Japanese. It's really real that the time. Also back in the day, Japanese people could die for their job… Somehow we have strong loyalty in our job or to our boss back in the day. This show expresses the essence of the Japanese people really well.
This show is very immersive. Great to hear about all the work that went on behind the scenes to make that happen.
Show deserves way more promotion and recognition. The acting is superior. The dialogs are what you expect and better from an organized crime tv show. 📺
I think it's been confirmed by Jake Adelstein by Jake Adelstein that there won't be a season three (which I'm okay with as the season two finale felt like the perfect series finale). Let's petition for Max to make an Ishida prequel series!
FINALLLLY WE HAVE AN INDEPTH INTERVIEW!
Season 3, please!
U did so much great work ❤
I absolutely LOVE this show but after watching the second season I feel like the conclusion was absolutely perfect and it felt like the perfect series finale, the characters archs are complete, and a third season would be redundant and would probably only serve to undermine its own legacy. I'd love to see a prequel chronicling Ishida's rise to power (Godfather part II style).
Indeed an amazing show, so accurate about the whole Tokyo atmosphere of the 90s (visited Japan & Tokyo 3 times during these years), and the story telling is just amazing. Kuddos to the cast and crew for this amazing show, which is underrated imo.
HBO/Max most underrated show next to Warrior and Banshee is Tokyo Vice, finished season two a couple of weeks ago. Absolutely brilliant show! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
SUCHHHH a great series !! Just finished season 2 and HOPING for season 3, 4, 5 ....?
Cool show and such an amazing country. I was so close to visiting it at one point myself. I had experience with modeling and in late 2015 I was in contact with Capcom about the facial likeness role of Leon for the Resident Evil 2 Remake. I failed to mention I also have a voice acting background, in the end I lost the part and I can't forgive myself for wasting such an opportunity. That would've been a real dream come true to visit this place.
thats pretty sad but japan is not sp hard to visit lol
Season 3 please!!
There are no words to describe how thrilled I was hearing every word of this conversation! I am filled with gratitude. It was also captivating to hear about the people behind-the-scenes being honored. I plan to listen again and type up what everyone said (which I will add here later), so when I watch the series for the third or fourth time, I will view it with those words in mind!
What an amazing interview, but did I hear this correctly when he said this show concludes this season?
HBO Max has done a terrible job in promoting an excellent show. I just happen to find it on Max by accident. I am a subscriber for the past 2 years.
Ken watanabe speaks so good English. He started
studying English at his 40s, it's amazing!
Now they're starting to promote this? Better late than never I guess. I love this show.
"Sato..... Don't get killed".
We wish another season.
Ansel and Rachel: Eh? I dunno. I didn’t find learning Japanese to be so difficult. I determined from the beginning that I was going to become fluent in Japanese. Period. It does require being purposeful in learning the language… I call it “eat, sleep and shit Japanese” and at the end of the day you “sell” a part of your soul to Japan in exchange for gaining an understanding of the culture… needed because the language and culture is the opposite of English and American culture. Japanese is a very contextual language and a culture that works on many unspoken, mutually understood rules. When you’ve done it, you’ll find yourself unconsciously bowing when shaking hands or when talking on the phone. Spending time living in Japan, going to a Japanese language school is a great route, but basically you need to immerse yourself in the language as much as possible. If you’re living in Japan, seek out Japanese friends and try not to heavily hangout with foreigners. Like I said… be purposeful.
Ken Watanabe’s interpreter: Nice job! That’s seriously hard work and a separate skill of its own. Having done some of it myself, I truly appreciate just how much work it takes.
Tokyo Vice was a fucking awesome show and embodied the vision I had for one type of show that offered an authentic glimpse of Japan and Japanese culture back when the Chinese period movies Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and House of Flying Daggers came out. I very much hope to see more shows like this regularly going forward.
Loved both seasons of Tokyo Vice and it's in my all time top five next to The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, Rome and Banshee. Jake Adelstein has recently confirmed on Twitter/X that season two is the last season but I'm hoping HBO/Max will develop an Ishida prequel series chronicling his rise to power in the Chihara Kai, that would be epic! J.T Rogers and team please make it happen so we can expand upon the Tokyo Vice universe! 😁
how good is the Japanese spoken by the non native speakers?
The only reason I like it is because it's set in Tokyo, but the acting is actually really bad and Jake is the least interesting character lol