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* TheDeadHaveNames: Maruyama scolds Jake for still referring to the yakuza victims as "the burned guy" and "the stabbed guy," telling him that they had names. Later, she does the same to Miyamoto when he refers to a murder victim as "the girl." In season 2, Jake turns the tables on her.
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* TheDeadHaveNames: Maruyama scolds Jake for still referring to the yakuza victims as "the burned guy" and "the stabbed guy," telling him that they had names. Later, she does the same to Miyamoto when he refers to a murder victim as "the girl." In season 2, Jake turns the tables on her.her when Rachel is the subject of a story in the Meicho and Maruyama refers to her only as "the subject."
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* RealMenHateSugar: Maruyama notes that her brother hates sugar, and he seems the type for macho posturing. Some yakuza in America are also aghast at the sweet, tropical cocktails they receive, though they refuse to even taste them.
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''Tokyo Vice'' is a Creator/HBOMax series based on Jake Adelstein's memoirs ''Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan''. It streamed the first three episodes on April 7, 2022 with various countries receiving the rights to stream it, including Japan where [=WOWOWOW=] streams it online. On June 7, 2022, HBO Max announced that the show will see a second season with its first episode released on February 8, 2024.
Since ''Tokyo Vice'' is adapted from the book, expect some ArtisticLicense.
Since ''Tokyo Vice'' is adapted from the book, expect some ArtisticLicense.
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''Tokyo Vice'' is a Creator/HBOMax series based on Jake Adelstein's memoirs ''Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan''. It streamed the first three episodes aired for two season on April 7, Max between 2022 and 2024, with various countries receiving the rights to stream it, including Japan where [=WOWOWOW=] streams it online. On June 7, 2022, HBO Max announced that the show will see a second season with its first episode released on February 8, 2024.
Since ''Tokyo Vice'' is adapted from the book, expect some ArtisticLicense.
Japanese [=WOWOW=].
Since ''Tokyo Vice'' is adapted from the book, expect some ArtisticLicense.
* LadyMacbeth: Tozawa's wife is yakuza royalty, and she's the one who controls the purse strings. She prefers to exercise soft power, while Tozawa is trying to seize total control of the country through crooked politicians.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Unlike Tozawa, the Chihara-kai draw a line against certain criminal enterprises, such as dealing drugs and profiting off of driving people to suicide. This is for both moral and practical reasons. That said, they are still yakuza and engage in a brutal criminal enterprise that sees them pummeling businessmen to steal profits from their businesses.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Unlike Tozawa, the Chihara-kai draw a line against certain criminal enterprises, such as dealing drugs and profiting off of driving people to suicide. This is for both moral and practical reasons. That said, they are still yakuza and engage in a brutal criminal enterprise that sees them pummeling businessmen to steal profits from their businesses.
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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Unlike Tozawa, the Chihara-kai draw a line against certain criminal enterprises, such as dealing drugs and profiting off of driving people to suicide. This is for both moral and practical reasons. That said, they are still yakuza and engage in a brutal criminal enterprise that sees them pummeling businessmen to steal profits from their businesses.
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* MarriedToTheJob: Jake is frequently guilted by his family for not having any time for them due to his devotion to his job on the other side of the world. In the final scene of season 2, Katagiri and Jake commiserate on their inability to "do nothing."
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* StupidCrooks: The crooked American surgeon took a $250,000 watch as a bribe from Tozawa and wears it in public, making it very easy for Jake to spot him as the collaborator. A watch has to be pretty damn expensive before it becomes suspicious for a head surgeon to be wearing it.
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* HollywoodGenetics: Jake is tall, slender, and has a full head of fair hair. His father is short, stocky, bald, and dark-haired.
* HostClub: The series devotes a significant amount of time to the inner workings of the host/hostess club industry. Rachel works as a hostess and has been saving up her earnings for some time in the hopes of opening her own club. [[spoiler:By season two, she's successfully opened her club, but only by partnering with the yakuza.]]
* HostClub: The series devotes a significant amount of time to the inner workings of the host/hostess club industry. Rachel works as a hostess and has been saving up her earnings for some time in the hopes of opening her own club. [[spoiler:By season two, she's successfully opened her club, but only by partnering with the yakuza.]]
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* HostClub: The series devotes a significant amount of time to the inner workings of the host/hostess club industry. Rachel works as a hostess and has been saving up her earnings for some time in the hopes of opening her own club. [[spoiler:By season two, she's successfully opened her club, but only by partnering with the yakuza.]]
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* BatmanGambit: Katagiri sends his location to Tozawa knowing that he would send an assassin to kill him. He lies in wait with a pistol sitting on the bed. When the assassin arrives, Katagiri ambushes him with a gun, so the assassin lunges for the pistol on the bed and tries to shoot Katagiri. Not only has he just tried to kill a cop in front of witnesses, but he put his fingerprints on the gun, which is the murder weapon in another crime.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Season 2 ends with Shinzo Tozawa killing himself over shame that he was an [[DoubleAgent informant for the FBI,]] but only at the cost of many characters compromising their integrity to attain justice. Misaki wanting to walk away from the yakuza life entirely, but knowing that Jake will never stop reporting on their crimes, ends their relationship. Rachel makes a deal with Tozawa's widow, selling the development deal info intended for Ishida for ten million yen and [[WalkingTheEarth and leaves Tokyo for a while to contemplate her options.]] Kurihira awakens at the hospital and his friendship with Jake seems to be on the mend. Sato formally assumes leadership of the Chihara-kai, but is now cemented to the yakuza life. Katagiri, disenchanted with the police bureaucracy and having to resort to selling Tozawa out to his fellow yakuza, retires from the police and enjoys a quiet life with his family back at their home. Emi resigns from the Meicho after learning the extent of her publisher's cover-up, but exposes Tozawa's corruption in Japanese politics as a reporter for her boyfriend's magazine. However, Sugihara ends his friendship with Jake for crediting Jason as a lead source to get accurate info that the FBI made Tozawa their mole in the yakuza underworld. The season also implies that Polina is truly dead despite some scenes mentioning that she could be still alive.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Season 2 ends with Shinzo Tozawa killing himself over shame that he was an [[DoubleAgent informant for the FBI,]] FBI]], but only at the cost of many characters compromising their integrity to attain justice. Misaki wanting to walk away from the yakuza life entirely, but knowing that Jake will never stop reporting on their crimes, ends their relationship. Rachel makes a deal with Tozawa's widow, selling the development deal info intended for Ishida for ten million yen and [[WalkingTheEarth and leaves Tokyo for a while to contemplate her options.]] options]]. Kurihira awakens at the hospital and his friendship with Jake seems to be on the mend. Sato formally assumes leadership of the Chihara-kai, but is now cemented to the yakuza life. Katagiri, disenchanted with the police bureaucracy and having to resort to selling Tozawa out to his fellow yakuza, retires from the police and enjoys a quiet life with his family back at their home. Emi resigns from the Meicho after learning the extent of her publisher's cover-up, but exposes Tozawa's corruption in Japanese politics as a reporter for her boyfriend's magazine. However, Sugihara ends his friendship with Jake for crediting Jason as a lead source to get accurate info that the FBI made Tozawa their mole in the yakuza underworld. The season also implies that Polina is truly dead despite some scenes mentioning that she could be still alive.]] alive]].
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* TheDeadHaveNames: Maruyama scolds Jake for still referring to the yakuza victims as "the burned guy" and "the stabbed guy," telling him that they had names. Later, she does the same to Miyamoto when he refers to a murder victim as "the girl."" In season 2, Jake turns the tables on her.
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** Some yakuza vacationing in America unwittingly order Blue Hawaiian cocktails, but they're disgusted by the cocktail's bright blue color and try to send them back.
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* FromBadToWorse: Played for comedy when Hayama and Sato force a family to give them a lift after bungling a mission. Hayama orders the driver to turn off the obnoxious music. When he does, the family's infant immediately starts screaming.
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* TotallyNotACriminalFront: As in real life, the yakuza operate in the open but do not publicly admit to simply being common criminals.
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* TheAlcoholic: It's quite standard for yakuza to drink themselves into liver failure, at which point they simply die because Japanese do not donate organs.
* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: While Samantha is established to be a normal biker, Jake does a story about a bosozoku gang who make their living stealing motorcylces to sell to chop shops.
* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: While Samantha is established to be a normal biker, Jake does a story about a bosozoku gang who make their living stealing motorcylces to sell to chop shops.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Some yakuza unwittingly order Blue Hawaiians at an American resort, but they're disgusted by the bright color and begin arguing with the waitress to send them back. At that moment, the FBI storm in to arrest the yakuza. One of the confused yakuza pleads, "OK, we'll take the drinks!"
* CoolCar: Katagiri's red Nissan Fairlady 280Z gets quite a lot of action throughout the series and stands out amongst the other vehicles.
* CoolCar: Katagiri's red Nissan Fairlady 280Z gets quite a lot of action throughout the series and stands out amongst the other vehicles.
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** It's noted to Jake that Japanese people do not donate their organs, so when a Japanese person suffers organ problems, they usually just die.
** Some yakuza vacationing in America unwittingly order Blue Hawaiian cocktails, but they're disgusted by the cocktail's bright blue color and try to send them back.
** Some yakuza vacationing in America unwittingly order Blue Hawaiian cocktails, but they're disgusted by the cocktail's bright blue color and try to send them back.
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* MockMillionaire: After getting her money stolen by Akira in season 1, Samantha is enraged to discover in season 2 that he's become a wealthy and successful fashion icon. When she confronts him, however, she discovers him living out of a hotel with barely any possessions to his name. His whole life is a facade.
