‘Tokyo Vice’: When To Expect Return Of Max Drama

Ansel Elgort is back on the beat: Toyko Vice, which is loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat, will return February 8 to Max.

The ten-episode second season debuts with two episodes followed by one new episode weekly for eight weeks.

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Created and written by Tony Award winner J.T. Rogers, Tokyo Vice filmed season 2 on location in the capital of Japan. Adelstein (Ansel Elgort) comes to realize that his life, and the lives of those close to him, are in terrible danger.

The series also stars Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Show Kasamatsu, Ayumi Ito, and new series regulars Yosuke Kubozuka and Miki Maya.

J.T. Rogers and Alan Poul are executive producers alongside Alex Boden, Josef Kubota Wladyka, Brad Caleb Kane, Adam Stein, Elgort, Watanabe, Emily Gerson Saines, Jake Adelstein, Kayo Washio, Destin Daniel Cretton, John Lesher, and Michael Mann.

The drama is from Fifth Season and Wowow, Japan’s premium pay TV broadcaster. Fifth Season handles global distribution for the series outside of Max owned and operated platforms.

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