Tokyo Vice(2022)
Overview
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.
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Top 8 Billed Cast
Jake Adelstein
Hiroto Katagiri
Samantha Porter
Akiro Sato
Eimi Maruyama
Naoki Hayama
Shoko Nagata
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