Michael Mann will be directing the pilot episode of Tokyo Vice, the crime drama series set to premiere on HBO’s forthcoming streaming platform HBO Max. In addition to serving as executive producer, Mann will also potentially direct further episodes of the show starring Ken Watanabe and Ansel Elgort, which is set to begin filming in February of 2020. Tokyo Vice seems like familiar territory for Mann. He executive produced Miami Vice, a detective show that now serves as a visual shorthand for the 1980s, and directed several gritty crime thrillers like Manhunter, Heat, Collateral, and Public Enemies. His other …
Oscar-nominated actor Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai) has signed on to join Ansel Elgort in the HBO Max crime series Tokyo Vice, which he'll also executive produce, Collider has learned. Based on Jake Adelstein’s first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat, Tokyo Vice follows Jake’s daily descent into the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo, where nothing, and no one, is truly what or who they seem. Watanabe will play Hiroto Katagiri, a detective in the organized crime division of the Tokyo Police Department who serves as a father-figure to Jake throughout the series …