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- 2022
- TV-MA
- HBO Max
- 2022
- TV-MA
- HBO Max
Summary Set in the 1990s, reporter Jake Adelstein (Ansel Elgort) covers the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat for a Japanese newspaper in this crime drama series loosely inspired Jake Adelstein's memoir.
Created By: J.T. Rogers
- 2022
- TV-MA
- HBO Max
- 2022
- TV-MA
- HBO Max
Tokyo Vice
Season 1 Premiere: Apr 7, 2022
76
8.0
Summary Set in the 1990s, reporter Jake Adelstein (Ansel Elgort) covers the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat for a Japanese newspaper in this crime drama series loosely inspired Jake Adelstein's memoir.
Created By: J.T. Rogers
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 36 Critic Reviews
76
86% Positive
31 Reviews
31 Reviews
14% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 36 Critic Reviews
76
86% Positive
31 Reviews
31 Reviews
14% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
What’s really amazing about the show is what it does with these complex, layered individuals: It tells one hell of a story.
The series’ scope is expanding, and its formal qualities are tightening. This is a strong batch of episodes that present a narrative confident in where it’s heading. Which is all to say: Halfway through this season, consider us hooked.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 123 User Ratings
8.0
84% Positive
103 Ratings
103 Ratings
8% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
8% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 123 User Ratings
8.0
84% Positive
103 Ratings
103 Ratings
8% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
8% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
I find being entertained by television very difficult. To captured my attention from beginning to end. I would recommend to anyone.
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With style, intelligence and mystery to spare, Tokyo Vice is the kind of sprawling crime drama that actually lives up to the label of ‘prestige’ TV.
“Tokyo Vice” assert[s] itself as a significant new entry in the crime-drama canon. ... A beautifully shot and elegantly acted series that can seem at times to power past its writing. The pilot so effectively conjures the disorientation and novelty of a new place that the fish-out-of-water storyline feels somewhat new.
Despite some fatty dialogue and overly earnest performances—or perhaps, unevenly earnest performances—season 2 finds traction. (Only five of 10 episodes were made available for review.) .... There are multiple subplots in "Tokyo Vice," all of which are destined to coalesce. En route to a melding, however, they require one's complete attention, if not a clipboard.
While Tokyo Vice takes some time for its characters to break out of their archetypal molds, though, it relishes in creating beautiful spaces.
For all its visual pleasures, “Tokyo Vice” is guilty of sidelining its most fascinating characters.
favorite show of the year. great characters that learn, grow, and develop. immersive environments that make you feel like you're there. beware having uncontrollable urges to eat japanese food or travel to japan.
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All the neon noir atmospherics can't cover up the weakness of the story, which is your crusading reporter vs. mobsters.What really drags the series down, however, is the lead, Elgort. This boy can't act. I understand his character exhibits the naivete of youth and an outsider, but the way Elgort blurts out his lines is cringe-inducing. Too bad they didn't focus more on Watanabe's character.
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Look, I can't deny that this is a pretty well-made show. It's well shot, fairly decently acted... but it didn't draw me in at all. After the first episode, I decided that was enough. There's too much really good television out there (much of which I still need to catch up on, like Better Call Saul) for me to spend time watching something with a story and characters that I couldn't care less about.
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Production Company:
- Boku Films
- Fifth Season
- Forward Pass
- Gerson Saines Productions
- Grisbi Productions, Le
- SRO Productions
- WOWOW
Initial Release Date: Apr 7, 2022
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
USC Scripter Award
• 1 Nomination
