Max has released the trailer for Season 2 of its original crime drama series “Tokyo Vice,” which will premiere on the streamer on Feb. 8 with the release of two episodes. Subsequently, one episode will debut every week for eight weeks.
Written and created by J.T. Rogers, Ansel Elgort stars as an American journalist from Missouri living in Tokyo.
The series’ synopsis reads, “Loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat, Season 2 of the series, filmed on location in Tokyo, takes us deeper into the city’s criminal underworld, as Adelstein (Elgort) comes to realize that his life, and the lives of those close to him, are in terrible danger.”
In addition to Elgort, “Tokyo Vice” stars Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Show Kasamatsu, Ayumi Ito, and new series regulars Yosuke Kubozuka and Miki Maya.
Watanabe stars as Hiroto Katagiri, a detective investigating...
Written and created by J.T. Rogers, Ansel Elgort stars as an American journalist from Missouri living in Tokyo.
The series’ synopsis reads, “Loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat, Season 2 of the series, filmed on location in Tokyo, takes us deeper into the city’s criminal underworld, as Adelstein (Elgort) comes to realize that his life, and the lives of those close to him, are in terrible danger.”
In addition to Elgort, “Tokyo Vice” stars Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Show Kasamatsu, Ayumi Ito, and new series regulars Yosuke Kubozuka and Miki Maya.
Watanabe stars as Hiroto Katagiri, a detective investigating...
- 1/9/2024
- by Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
Ansel Elgort is returning to Japan for Season 2 of Max series “Tokyo Vice.”
The “West Side Story” star muses in the trailer that he loves the “unpredictability” of being a journalist abroad covering organized crime. However, the dangers of covering the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat pushes him deeper into the city’s criminal underworld.
“Tokyo Vice” is created and written by Tony Award winner J.T. Rogers and loosely based on real-life journalist Jake Adelstein’s experiences as an expat. Elgort stars as Adelstein, with Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Show Kasamatsu, and Ayumi Ito reprising their respective roles for Season 2.
Yosuke Kubozuka and Miki Maya join the cast as new series regulars for the 10-episode second season.
“Tokyo Vice” Season 2 debuts with the first two episodes, followed by weekly installments. The series is executive produced by creator Rogers and director Alan Poul along with Michael Mann, Destin Daniel Cretton,...
The “West Side Story” star muses in the trailer that he loves the “unpredictability” of being a journalist abroad covering organized crime. However, the dangers of covering the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat pushes him deeper into the city’s criminal underworld.
“Tokyo Vice” is created and written by Tony Award winner J.T. Rogers and loosely based on real-life journalist Jake Adelstein’s experiences as an expat. Elgort stars as Adelstein, with Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Show Kasamatsu, and Ayumi Ito reprising their respective roles for Season 2.
Yosuke Kubozuka and Miki Maya join the cast as new series regulars for the 10-episode second season.
“Tokyo Vice” Season 2 debuts with the first two episodes, followed by weekly installments. The series is executive produced by creator Rogers and director Alan Poul along with Michael Mann, Destin Daniel Cretton,...
- 1/9/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Soji Arai (Dead Ringers) has been tapped for a substantial role in the second season of HBO Max‘s crime drama series Tokyo Vice, which is currently in production in Tokyo.
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The Max Original led by Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe was renewed for a second go-round last June, after airing its first season in April. It’s loosely inspired by a non-fiction, firsthand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat by American journalist Jake Adelstein (Elgort) and captures his daily descent into the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo in the late ’90s, where nothing and...
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The Max Original led by Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe was renewed for a second go-round last June, after airing its first season in April. It’s loosely inspired by a non-fiction, firsthand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat by American journalist Jake Adelstein (Elgort) and captures his daily descent into the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo in the late ’90s, where nothing and...
- 3/2/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Takayuki Suzuki has joined “Tokyo Vice” Season 2 at HBO Max in a recurring role, Variety has learned exclusively.
The drama series debuted in April 2022 and was renewed for a second season in June. It is inspired by Jake Adelstein’s memoir of the same name. Ansel Elgort stars as Adelstein, an American living in Japan who becomes a reporter covering the Tokyo Metropolitan police beat.
Suzuki will star in the series as Masahito Ohno. Described as “a brilliant and charming architect, Ohno is a client at the hostess club at the heart of season two. Slowly he’s pulled into the underworld that lies behind the club, and finds himself faced with a terrible choice.”
This will be the second American television role of Suzuki’s career. He previously appeared in one episode of the Apple sci-fi series “Invasion.” He is known for his roles in Japanese shows like “Gommenne...
The drama series debuted in April 2022 and was renewed for a second season in June. It is inspired by Jake Adelstein’s memoir of the same name. Ansel Elgort stars as Adelstein, an American living in Japan who becomes a reporter covering the Tokyo Metropolitan police beat.
Suzuki will star in the series as Masahito Ohno. Described as “a brilliant and charming architect, Ohno is a client at the hostess club at the heart of season two. Slowly he’s pulled into the underworld that lies behind the club, and finds himself faced with a terrible choice.”
This will be the second American television role of Suzuki’s career. He previously appeared in one episode of the Apple sci-fi series “Invasion.” He is known for his roles in Japanese shows like “Gommenne...
- 11/22/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Aoi Takeya will make his television debut in the HBO Max series Tokyo Vice‘s second season.
He will portray the character of Jason Oki, a Japanese-American member of the US Foreign Service who gets pulled into Jake Adelstein (Ansel Elgort) and his colleagues’ hunt to uncover the secrets of yakuza crime lord Shinzo Tozawa (Ayumi Tanida).
Tokyo Vice is loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s nonfiction firsthand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat. The crime drama, filmed on location in Tokyo, captures Adelstein’s daily descent into the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo in the late ‘90s, where nothing and no one is truly what or who they seem.
Ken Watanabe plays Hiroto Katagiri, a detective in the organized crime division of the Tokyo Police Department who is also a father figure to Jake throughout the series as he helps guide him along the thin and...
He will portray the character of Jason Oki, a Japanese-American member of the US Foreign Service who gets pulled into Jake Adelstein (Ansel Elgort) and his colleagues’ hunt to uncover the secrets of yakuza crime lord Shinzo Tozawa (Ayumi Tanida).
Tokyo Vice is loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s nonfiction firsthand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat. The crime drama, filmed on location in Tokyo, captures Adelstein’s daily descent into the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo in the late ‘90s, where nothing and no one is truly what or who they seem.
Ken Watanabe plays Hiroto Katagiri, a detective in the organized crime division of the Tokyo Police Department who is also a father figure to Jake throughout the series as he helps guide him along the thin and...
- 11/10/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO Max has ordered a second season of Tokyo Vice from Endeavor Content and Wowow, Japan’s leading pay TV player. It stars Ken Watanabe and Ansel Elgort and hails from creator and writer/executive producer J.T. Rogers.
Loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s nonfiction, firsthand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat, the crime drama series captures Adelstein’s (Elgort) daily descent into the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo in the late ’90s, where nothing and no one is truly what or who they seem. Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Ella Rumpf, Hideaki Ito, Show Kasamatsu and Tomohisa Yamashita also star in the series filmed in Tokyo.
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The first season debuted in April.
“We could not be more excited to bring the passionate fans of the show another season to continue this intriguing and suspenseful crime story set...
Loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s nonfiction, firsthand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat, the crime drama series captures Adelstein’s (Elgort) daily descent into the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo in the late ’90s, where nothing and no one is truly what or who they seem. Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Ella Rumpf, Hideaki Ito, Show Kasamatsu and Tomohisa Yamashita also star in the series filmed in Tokyo.
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The first season debuted in April.
“We could not be more excited to bring the passionate fans of the show another season to continue this intriguing and suspenseful crime story set...
- 6/7/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
“Tokyo Vice,” the crime drama series based on Jake Adelstein’s 2009 memoir of the same name, has been renewed for a second season at HBO Max.
The series stars Ansel Elgort as Adelstein, an American journalist who reports on the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat in the late ‘90s, descending daily into the underbelly of the city. Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Ella Rumpf, Hideaki Ito, Show Kasamatsu and Tomohisa Yamashita also starred in Season 1.
“We could not be more excited to bring the passionate fans of the show another season to continue this intriguing and suspenseful crime story set in one of the most vibrant and beautiful cities in the world,” said Sarah Aubrey, head of original content at HBO Max.
“Writing and then making the first season of ‘Tokyo Vice’ with this remarkable group of artists was a matchless experience,” said creator J.T. Rogers. “So I’m over...
The series stars Ansel Elgort as Adelstein, an American journalist who reports on the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat in the late ‘90s, descending daily into the underbelly of the city. Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Ella Rumpf, Hideaki Ito, Show Kasamatsu and Tomohisa Yamashita also starred in Season 1.
“We could not be more excited to bring the passionate fans of the show another season to continue this intriguing and suspenseful crime story set in one of the most vibrant and beautiful cities in the world,” said Sarah Aubrey, head of original content at HBO Max.
“Writing and then making the first season of ‘Tokyo Vice’ with this remarkable group of artists was a matchless experience,” said creator J.T. Rogers. “So I’m over...
- 6/7/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
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HBO Max is going back to Tokyo.
The Warner Bros. Discovery-backed streamer has handed out a second-season renewal or drama Tokyo Vice. The series, starring Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe, has come under fire over the validly of its source material, journalist Jake Adelstein’s first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat that serves as loose inspiration for the drama.
“We could not be more excited to bring the passionate fans of the show another season to continue this intriguing and suspenseful crime story set in one of the most vibrant and beautiful cities in the world,” said HBO Max head of originals Sarah Aubrey.
The drama, which counts Michael Mann as an exec producer, was ordered to series in June 2019 — before the streaming service had yet to be named. The Endeavor Content-produced series launched in April and unspooled its eight-episode season over a three-week period.
HBO Max is going back to Tokyo.
The Warner Bros. Discovery-backed streamer has handed out a second-season renewal or drama Tokyo Vice. The series, starring Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe, has come under fire over the validly of its source material, journalist Jake Adelstein’s first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat that serves as loose inspiration for the drama.
“We could not be more excited to bring the passionate fans of the show another season to continue this intriguing and suspenseful crime story set in one of the most vibrant and beautiful cities in the world,” said HBO Max head of originals Sarah Aubrey.
The drama, which counts Michael Mann as an exec producer, was ordered to series in June 2019 — before the streaming service had yet to be named. The Endeavor Content-produced series launched in April and unspooled its eight-episode season over a three-week period.
- 6/7/2022
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London-based Endeavor Content has closed several international territories on high profile crime drama “Tokyo Vice” (8 x 60’), which has a pilot episode directed by Michael Mann.
Handling global sales on the project, Endeavor Content has inked deals with Crave (Canada), Canal Plus (France), Paramount Plus (Australia) and Osn Plus (West Asia and Northern Africa).
The series was commissioned by HBO Max in the U.S. and by Wowow, Japan’s leading premium pay-tv broadcaster, with Endeavor as co-producer. It will also debut on HBO Max (Latin America and Emea) and HBO Go and Starzplay.
The scripted series is loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction, first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat. The crime drama series, filmed on location in Tokyo, captures Adelstein’s (Ansel Elgort) daily descent into the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo, where nothing and no one is truly what or who they seem.
“Tokyo Vice...
Handling global sales on the project, Endeavor Content has inked deals with Crave (Canada), Canal Plus (France), Paramount Plus (Australia) and Osn Plus (West Asia and Northern Africa).
The series was commissioned by HBO Max in the U.S. and by Wowow, Japan’s leading premium pay-tv broadcaster, with Endeavor as co-producer. It will also debut on HBO Max (Latin America and Emea) and HBO Go and Starzplay.
The scripted series is loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction, first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat. The crime drama series, filmed on location in Tokyo, captures Adelstein’s (Ansel Elgort) daily descent into the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo, where nothing and no one is truly what or who they seem.
“Tokyo Vice...
- 4/7/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Ken Watanabe helps Ansel Elgort report on the story of life — provided the intrepid journalist doesn’t meet a grim fate along the way — in the trailer for the HBO Max crime drama Tokyo Vice.
Premiering Thursday, April 7 with three episodes (followed by two episodes dropping every Thursday thereafter), Tokyo Vice is loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat. Filmed on location in Tokyo, the series follows Adelstein’s (played by Baby Driver‘s Ansel Elgort) daily descent into the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo in the late ‘90s, where nothing...
Premiering Thursday, April 7 with three episodes (followed by two episodes dropping every Thursday thereafter), Tokyo Vice is loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat. Filmed on location in Tokyo, the series follows Adelstein’s (played by Baby Driver‘s Ansel Elgort) daily descent into the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo in the late ‘90s, where nothing...
- 3/14/2022
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
HBO Max has released the trailer for “Tokyo Vice,” offering a first look at the upcoming crime series. Loosely adapted from American journalist Jake Adelstein’s coverage of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s operations, the series stars Ansel Elgort as Adelstein as he documents the criminal underbelly and culture of police corruption of 1990s Tokyo. Ken Watanabe also stars, alongside Rachel Keller, Ella Rumpf, Rinko Kikuchi, Hideaki Ito, Show Kasamatsu, Tomohisa Yamashita, Shun Sugata, Masato Hagiwara, Ayumi Tanida and Kosuke Toyohara.
The series was greenlit with Elgort attached as the lead in 2019. Emmy winner and acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann later joined the production, signing on to direct the pilot episode and serve as executive producer for the series. J.T. Rogers serves as series writer, creator and executive producer
“Tokyo Vice” comes from Endeavor Content and Japanese pay-tv broadcaster Wowow. Other executive producers include Adelstein, Elgort, Watanabe, Cretton, Alan Poul, Emily Gerson Saines,...
The series was greenlit with Elgort attached as the lead in 2019. Emmy winner and acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann later joined the production, signing on to direct the pilot episode and serve as executive producer for the series. J.T. Rogers serves as series writer, creator and executive producer
“Tokyo Vice” comes from Endeavor Content and Japanese pay-tv broadcaster Wowow. Other executive producers include Adelstein, Elgort, Watanabe, Cretton, Alan Poul, Emily Gerson Saines,...
- 3/14/2022
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Ken Watanabe’s cop has to rein in Ansel Elgort’s ambitious American crime reporter in the first trailer for Michael Mann’s “Tokyo Vice,” which HBO Max released on Monday.
The series, from “Miami Vice” creator Michael Mann, Endeavor Content and Japan’s Wowow, has a three-episode premiere on Thursday, April 7, followed by two episodes every Thursday, leading up to the finale on April 28.
The series is loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat in the late ’90s.
Wowow will debut the first episode in Japan via its streaming service on April 7 with subsequent episodes airing every Sunday evening on the Wowow channel starting on April 24 through June.
The series costars Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Ella Rumpf, Hideaki Ito, Show Kasamatsu and Tomohisa Yamashita.
J.T. Rogers created and wrote the series and also serves as executive producer. Mann directed...
The series, from “Miami Vice” creator Michael Mann, Endeavor Content and Japan’s Wowow, has a three-episode premiere on Thursday, April 7, followed by two episodes every Thursday, leading up to the finale on April 28.
The series is loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat in the late ’90s.
Wowow will debut the first episode in Japan via its streaming service on April 7 with subsequent episodes airing every Sunday evening on the Wowow channel starting on April 24 through June.
The series costars Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Ella Rumpf, Hideaki Ito, Show Kasamatsu and Tomohisa Yamashita.
J.T. Rogers created and wrote the series and also serves as executive producer. Mann directed...
- 3/14/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
IMDb TV has announced that it has picked up a second season of “Almost Paradise,” the American-Filipino crime drama series starring Christian Kane.
Originally a WGN America show, “Almost Paradise” stars Kane as Alex Walker, a U.S. DEA agent who is betrayed by his partner and forced into an early retirement. Walker relocates to the Philippines, where he runs a gift shop in a resort hotel, and slowly gets pulled into the criminal underworld of the island. Samantha Richelle and Arthur Acuña also star. The series is notable for being the first American scripted TV production to shoot entirely in the Philippines.
“Almost Paradise” originally premiered on WGN America in March 30, 2020, before the network rebranded as NewsNation. The series is showrun by Dean Devlin and Gary Rosen, who also executive produce alongside Marc Roskin and Rachel Olschan-Wilson. The first season is currently available to stream for free on IMDb TV.
Originally a WGN America show, “Almost Paradise” stars Kane as Alex Walker, a U.S. DEA agent who is betrayed by his partner and forced into an early retirement. Walker relocates to the Philippines, where he runs a gift shop in a resort hotel, and slowly gets pulled into the criminal underworld of the island. Samantha Richelle and Arthur Acuña also star. The series is notable for being the first American scripted TV production to shoot entirely in the Philippines.
“Almost Paradise” originally premiered on WGN America in March 30, 2020, before the network rebranded as NewsNation. The series is showrun by Dean Devlin and Gary Rosen, who also executive produce alongside Marc Roskin and Rachel Olschan-Wilson. The first season is currently available to stream for free on IMDb TV.
- 2/8/2022
- by Wilson Chapman and Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
Tokyo Vice, after pausing production in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic, finally will land at HBO Max this spring. The series starring Ken Watanabe and Ansel Elgort hails from creator and writer J.T. Rogers. The series pilot was directed by Michael Mann.
The second official series order from HBO Max in 2019, Tokyo Vice is loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s nonfiction firsthand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat. The crime drama, filmed on location in Tokyo, captures Adelstein’s (Elgort) daily descent into the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo in the late ‘90s, where nothing and no one is truly what or who they seem. The series will premiere with three episodes on Thursday, April 7, followed by two episodes airing every Thursday until the season finale on April 28.
Watanabe will play Hiroto Katagiri, a detective in the organized crime division of the Tokyo Police Department who is also...
The second official series order from HBO Max in 2019, Tokyo Vice is loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s nonfiction firsthand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat. The crime drama, filmed on location in Tokyo, captures Adelstein’s (Elgort) daily descent into the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo in the late ‘90s, where nothing and no one is truly what or who they seem. The series will premiere with three episodes on Thursday, April 7, followed by two episodes airing every Thursday until the season finale on April 28.
Watanabe will play Hiroto Katagiri, a detective in the organized crime division of the Tokyo Police Department who is also...
- 2/7/2022
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Cast is being finalized on Tokyo Vice, the crime drama loosely based on Jake Adelstein’s 2009 memoir about a crime reporter on the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat.
Series regulars added include Hideaki Ito (Tokkai), Show Kasamatsu (Flowers and Rain) and Tomohisa Yamashita (The Man from Toronto). Further additions include Shun Sugata (Tomorrow’s Dinner Table), Masato Hagiwara (Tokkai), Ayumi Tanida (The Return), and Kosuke Toyohara (Yakuza and The Family).
They join the previously announced Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, Ella Rumpf and Rinko Kikuchi. Michael Mann directed the Tokyo Vice pilot and serves as an executive producer along with J.T. Rogers, Alan Poul, Jake Adelstein, Ansel Elgort, Emily Gerson Saines, Destin Daniel Cretton, Ken Watanabe, Kayo Washio, and John Lesher. J.T. Rogers created and wrote the series.
Endeavor Content and Japanese pay-tv broadcaster Wowow are producing for HBO Max. The show is expected to debut in early 2022.
Series regulars added include Hideaki Ito (Tokkai), Show Kasamatsu (Flowers and Rain) and Tomohisa Yamashita (The Man from Toronto). Further additions include Shun Sugata (Tomorrow’s Dinner Table), Masato Hagiwara (Tokkai), Ayumi Tanida (The Return), and Kosuke Toyohara (Yakuza and The Family).
They join the previously announced Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, Ella Rumpf and Rinko Kikuchi. Michael Mann directed the Tokyo Vice pilot and serves as an executive producer along with J.T. Rogers, Alan Poul, Jake Adelstein, Ansel Elgort, Emily Gerson Saines, Destin Daniel Cretton, Ken Watanabe, Kayo Washio, and John Lesher. J.T. Rogers created and wrote the series.
Endeavor Content and Japanese pay-tv broadcaster Wowow are producing for HBO Max. The show is expected to debut in early 2022.
- 9/16/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Kayo Washio has worn a lot of hats at Japanese pay TV broadcaster Wowow.
Early in her career she was an on-camera interviewer for the company’s flagship movie channel, hosting sit-downs with A-list Hollywood stars and directors as they introduced their projects to Japan — from Steven Spielberg to Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, George Clooney and hundreds of others.
In 2011, she was dispatched to Los Angeles to head up Wowow’s first U.S. office, tasked with maintaining and expanding the broadcaster’s various output deals with the major Hollywood studios. As her relationships in the business grew, in ...
Early in her career she was an on-camera interviewer for the company’s flagship movie channel, hosting sit-downs with A-list Hollywood stars and directors as they introduced their projects to Japan — from Steven Spielberg to Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, George Clooney and hundreds of others.
In 2011, she was dispatched to Los Angeles to head up Wowow’s first U.S. office, tasked with maintaining and expanding the broadcaster’s various output deals with the major Hollywood studios. As her relationships in the business grew, in ...
Kayo Washio has worn a lot of hats at Japanese pay TV broadcaster Wowow.
Early in her career she was an on-camera interviewer for the company’s flagship movie channel, hosting sit-downs with A-list Hollywood stars and directors as they introduced their projects to Japan — from Steven Spielberg to Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, George Clooney and hundreds of others.
In 2011, she was dispatched to Los Angeles to head up Wowow’s first U.S. office, tasked with maintaining and expanding the broadcaster’s various output deals with the major Hollywood studios. As her relationships in the business grew, in ...
Early in her career she was an on-camera interviewer for the company’s flagship movie channel, hosting sit-downs with A-list Hollywood stars and directors as they introduced their projects to Japan — from Steven Spielberg to Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, George Clooney and hundreds of others.
In 2011, she was dispatched to Los Angeles to head up Wowow’s first U.S. office, tasked with maintaining and expanding the broadcaster’s various output deals with the major Hollywood studios. As her relationships in the business grew, in ...
Nine months after launching its new theatrical distribution operation, Japanese pay TV broadcaster Wowow has made its first theatrical film acquisition, closing an all-rights deal for pandemic thriller Songbird, starring Kj Apa, Sofia Carson, Craig Robinson, Bradley Whitford, Peter Stormare, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Walter Hauser and Demi Moore.
Produced by Michael Bay and Adam Goodman, and directed by Adam Mason, the dystopian (but all too real) film is set in 2022 as another pandemic ravages the world and its cities. The film zones in on a handful of people as they navigate the obstacles hindering society: disease, martial law, quarantine, and vigilantes.
Screenplay was written by Adam Mason and his writing partner Simon Boyes during the early part of the lockdown. The film was among the first features to shoot in Los Angeles after lockdown restrictions were eased.
Kayo Washio, Head of Wowow’s LA office, made the acquisition deal with Endeavor Content,...
Produced by Michael Bay and Adam Goodman, and directed by Adam Mason, the dystopian (but all too real) film is set in 2022 as another pandemic ravages the world and its cities. The film zones in on a handful of people as they navigate the obstacles hindering society: disease, martial law, quarantine, and vigilantes.
Screenplay was written by Adam Mason and his writing partner Simon Boyes during the early part of the lockdown. The film was among the first features to shoot in Los Angeles after lockdown restrictions were eased.
Kayo Washio, Head of Wowow’s LA office, made the acquisition deal with Endeavor Content,...
- 12/8/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Tokyo-based pay TV company Wowow has acquired theatrical distribution rights in Japan for Songbird, the pandemic-set sci-fi thriller produced by Michael Bay and former Paramount president Adam Goodman. The pickup is Wowow’s first major acquisition through the new theatrical distribution division the company set up earlier this year.
Produced by STXfilms, Songbird has been set in the U.S. for a premium VOD release on Dec. 11, before it heads to a yet-to-be-announced streaming service.
Kayo Washio, head of Wowow’s new Los Angeles office, made the acquisition deal for the company with Endeavor Content, which is handling international sales for the ...
Produced by STXfilms, Songbird has been set in the U.S. for a premium VOD release on Dec. 11, before it heads to a yet-to-be-announced streaming service.
Kayo Washio, head of Wowow’s new Los Angeles office, made the acquisition deal for the company with Endeavor Content, which is handling international sales for the ...
- 12/8/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Tokyo-based pay TV company Wowow has acquired theatrical distribution rights in Japan for Songbird, the pandemic-set sci-fi thriller produced by Michael Bay and former Paramount president Adam Goodman. The pickup is Wowow’s first major acquisition through the new theatrical distribution division the company set up earlier this year.
Produced by STXfilms, Songbird has been set in the U.S. for a premium VOD release on Dec. 11, before it heads to a yet-to-be-announced streaming service.
Kayo Washio, head of Wowow’s new Los Angeles office, made the acquisition deal for the company with Endeavor Content, which is handling international sales for the ...
Produced by STXfilms, Songbird has been set in the U.S. for a premium VOD release on Dec. 11, before it heads to a yet-to-be-announced streaming service.
Kayo Washio, head of Wowow’s new Los Angeles office, made the acquisition deal for the company with Endeavor Content, which is handling international sales for the ...
- 12/8/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Endeavor Content is handling international sales for the film, which STXfilms will release in North America and the UK.
Japanese premium pay-tv broadcaster Wowow has acquired pandemic sci-fi thriller Songbird, marking its first theatrical acquisition since establishing its theatrical distribution operation nine months ago.
Produced by Michael Bay and former Paramount Pictures president Adam Goodman, the film stars Kj Apa, Sofia Carson, Craig Robinson, Bradley Whitford, Peter Stormare, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Walter Hauser and Demi Moore.
Directed by Adam Mason, the film is set in 2022 against a global pandemic and follows a handful of people as they navigate the disease,...
Japanese premium pay-tv broadcaster Wowow has acquired pandemic sci-fi thriller Songbird, marking its first theatrical acquisition since establishing its theatrical distribution operation nine months ago.
Produced by Michael Bay and former Paramount Pictures president Adam Goodman, the film stars Kj Apa, Sofia Carson, Craig Robinson, Bradley Whitford, Peter Stormare, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Walter Hauser and Demi Moore.
Directed by Adam Mason, the film is set in 2022 against a global pandemic and follows a handful of people as they navigate the disease,...
- 12/8/2020
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
“Songbird,” the Michael Bay-produced pandemic thriller that is headed straight to streaming in North America, will be given an in-cinema release in Japan. The rights pickup was the first acquisition by the newly-formed theatrical distribution arm of Japanese pay-tv leader Wowow.
The film takes place years in the future, in which a mutated strand of coronavirus, called Covid-23, continues to wreak havoc on the world’s population. As the country-wide lockdown stretches into its fourth year, infected Americans are forced into quarantine camps. Amid the dystopia, one courier (portrayed by “Riverdale” star Kj Apa) who is immune to the virus, falls in love with an aspiring artist (Sofia Carson), who is believed to be infected. Adam Mason directed the movie from a script he co-wrote with Simon Boyes. “Songbird” also stars Craig Robinson, Bradley Whitford, Demi Moore and Paul Walter Hauser.
The production was backed by STX Entertainment. Kayo Washio,...
The film takes place years in the future, in which a mutated strand of coronavirus, called Covid-23, continues to wreak havoc on the world’s population. As the country-wide lockdown stretches into its fourth year, infected Americans are forced into quarantine camps. Amid the dystopia, one courier (portrayed by “Riverdale” star Kj Apa) who is immune to the virus, falls in love with an aspiring artist (Sofia Carson), who is believed to be infected. Adam Mason directed the movie from a script he co-wrote with Simon Boyes. “Songbird” also stars Craig Robinson, Bradley Whitford, Demi Moore and Paul Walter Hauser.
The production was backed by STX Entertainment. Kayo Washio,...
- 12/8/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Wowow, Japan’s leading premium pay-tv broadcaster, has boarded the high profile international TV series “Tokyo Vice,” on which Michael Mann is set as the pilot episode director. Wowow has struck an all-rights distribution deal for Japan that will also see the company co-produce with Endeavor Content and HBO Max.
The series is loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s 2009 memoir, “Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan.” Adelstein was the first foreigner to work the crime beat for the paper and spent 12 years there. The book was first published in 2009 and has been translated into multiple languages. Lesher optioned the book eight years ago and has spearheaded development and production.
Four time Oscar-nominee, Mann also serves as executive producer with J.T. Rogers, Emmy-winner Emily Gerson Saines, Alan Poul, Jake Adelstein, Golden Globe-nominee Ansel Elgort, Destin Daniel Cretton, Ken Watanabe, Brad Caleb Kane, Kayo Washio,...
The series is loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s 2009 memoir, “Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan.” Adelstein was the first foreigner to work the crime beat for the paper and spent 12 years there. The book was first published in 2009 and has been translated into multiple languages. Lesher optioned the book eight years ago and has spearheaded development and production.
Four time Oscar-nominee, Mann also serves as executive producer with J.T. Rogers, Emmy-winner Emily Gerson Saines, Alan Poul, Jake Adelstein, Golden Globe-nominee Ansel Elgort, Destin Daniel Cretton, Ken Watanabe, Brad Caleb Kane, Kayo Washio,...
- 11/24/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Tokyo Vice, the upcoming HBO Max drama series executive produced by Michael Mann, has found a Japanese partner. Premium pay-tv broadcaster Wowow has come on board the project as a co-producer, taking all rights for Japan.
This comes as the show, for which Mann is directing the pilot, returns to production after the Covid-19 shutdown this week.
The deal was struck by Endeavor Content, which is producing and handling international distribution, with Wowow’s Kayo Washio, who runs the company’s Los Angeles office.
Tokyo Vice began filming in the Japanese capital earlier this year but went on hiatus in March. Mann recounted the experience to Deadline in an interview in May.
The latest move also comes three weeks after Deadline revealed that Dirty John’s Rachel Keller had been cast in a lead role opposite Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe after Odessa Young was forced to pull out due to Covid-19 rescheduling issues.
This comes as the show, for which Mann is directing the pilot, returns to production after the Covid-19 shutdown this week.
The deal was struck by Endeavor Content, which is producing and handling international distribution, with Wowow’s Kayo Washio, who runs the company’s Los Angeles office.
Tokyo Vice began filming in the Japanese capital earlier this year but went on hiatus in March. Mann recounted the experience to Deadline in an interview in May.
The latest move also comes three weeks after Deadline revealed that Dirty John’s Rachel Keller had been cast in a lead role opposite Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe after Odessa Young was forced to pull out due to Covid-19 rescheduling issues.
- 11/23/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Japanese pay-tv leader Wowow is to expand into theatrical releasing. The company made its theatrical buying debut this week at the Berlin Film Festival’s accompanying European Film Market.
With linear channels and a movie-driven on-demand service, Wowow is already one of the leading consumers of movie content in Japan, and boasts 2.8 million subscribers. These are fed by existing output deals and a steady stream of acquisitions.
“Our expansion into theatrical is about diversifying revenue,” said Kayo Washio, who was in Berlin this week, with a schedule made up of screenings and meetings with indie sales agents. Washio, who is head of Wowow’s Los Angeles office and chief producer, will lead the company’s acquisitions effort from the U.S.
She said that the company has no annual quota of acquired titles to fill, and that the activity will be ramped up. In its initial stages, the company may...
With linear channels and a movie-driven on-demand service, Wowow is already one of the leading consumers of movie content in Japan, and boasts 2.8 million subscribers. These are fed by existing output deals and a steady stream of acquisitions.
“Our expansion into theatrical is about diversifying revenue,” said Kayo Washio, who was in Berlin this week, with a schedule made up of screenings and meetings with indie sales agents. Washio, who is head of Wowow’s Los Angeles office and chief producer, will lead the company’s acquisitions effort from the U.S.
She said that the company has no annual quota of acquired titles to fill, and that the activity will be ramped up. In its initial stages, the company may...
- 2/26/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
As talk about cord-cutting and the streaming wars moves around the world, cable and satellite TV providers, and in some cases premium TV networks, in mature markets continue to suffer. Japan's Wowow, the nation's largest satellite network offering premium content a la HBO, Showtime and Starz, has defied that trend though, logging its 13th consecutive year of subscriber growth.
Wowow's senior managing director Hajime Hashimoto and the head of its L.A. office Kayo Washio said the company has kept growing even as streamers have gained ground in Japan.
Japan's TV landscape was a "safe ...
Wowow's senior managing director Hajime Hashimoto and the head of its L.A. office Kayo Washio said the company has kept growing even as streamers have gained ground in Japan.
Japan's TV landscape was a "safe ...
As talk about cord-cutting and the streaming wars moves around the world, cable and satellite TV providers, and in some cases premium TV networks, in mature markets continue to suffer. Japan's Wowow, the nation's largest satellite network offering premium content a la HBO, Showtime and Starz, has defied that trend though, logging its 13th consecutive year of subscriber growth.
Wowow's senior managing director Hajime Hashimoto and the head of its L.A. office Kayo Washio said the company has kept growing even as streamers have gained ground in Japan.
Japan's TV landscape was a "safe ...
Wowow's senior managing director Hajime Hashimoto and the head of its L.A. office Kayo Washio said the company has kept growing even as streamers have gained ground in Japan.
Japan's TV landscape was a "safe ...
Norika Fujiwara to narrate and provide voiceover for the Japanese version of Isabella Rossellini’s series.
Isabella Rossellini’s Green Porno Live has been selected to screen in the inaugural Panoramic Section of the Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct 22-31).
Japanese pay-tv broadcaster Wowow partnered with Sundance Productions on the film, documenting the stage version of Rossellini’s award-winning Green Porno series, which dramatizes the sex life and mating habits of home and garden creatures.
It has also been revealed that Japanese actress and former model Norika Fujiwara will narrate and provide voiceover for Rossellini for the Japanese audience.
Fujiwara is known to local audiences as the voice of Princess Fiona, originally played by Cameron Diaz, in the Japanese-dubbed versions of all four Shrek films.
Kayo Washio, who runs Wowow’s Los Angeles office, executive produced the film with Sundance Productions’ Laura Michalchyshyn.
Director is Jody Shapiro and producer is Sundance Productions’ Molly O’Keefe.
Wowow retains...
Isabella Rossellini’s Green Porno Live has been selected to screen in the inaugural Panoramic Section of the Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct 22-31).
Japanese pay-tv broadcaster Wowow partnered with Sundance Productions on the film, documenting the stage version of Rossellini’s award-winning Green Porno series, which dramatizes the sex life and mating habits of home and garden creatures.
It has also been revealed that Japanese actress and former model Norika Fujiwara will narrate and provide voiceover for Rossellini for the Japanese audience.
Fujiwara is known to local audiences as the voice of Princess Fiona, originally played by Cameron Diaz, in the Japanese-dubbed versions of all four Shrek films.
Kayo Washio, who runs Wowow’s Los Angeles office, executive produced the film with Sundance Productions’ Laura Michalchyshyn.
Director is Jody Shapiro and producer is Sundance Productions’ Molly O’Keefe.
Wowow retains...
- 8/25/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Japanese pay-tv broadcaster Wowow is to partnering on Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi’s documentary The New York Review of Books: A 50 Year Argument.
Wowow joins HBO Documentary Films, BBC Arena and Scorsese’s Sikelia Productions as co-production partners in the film. Margaret Bodde is producing with Scorsese and Tedeschi. Kayo Washio, who runs Wowow’s Los Angeles office, is executive producer for Wowow, Anthony Wall is executive producer for BBC Arena.
International sales company Cinephil (Cathedrals of Culture) is handling international sales and will be introducing the project this week to international buyers at MipTV in Cannes. The deal was negotiated by Kayo Washio and Philippa Kowarsky of Cinephil.
The documentary, which screened as a work-in-progress at the Berlinale in February, looks at the eponymous Us journal of ideas, which was founded during the New York City newspaper strike of 1963. It promises rare archival material, contributor interviews, and excerpts from writers such as as James Baldwin, [link...
Wowow joins HBO Documentary Films, BBC Arena and Scorsese’s Sikelia Productions as co-production partners in the film. Margaret Bodde is producing with Scorsese and Tedeschi. Kayo Washio, who runs Wowow’s Los Angeles office, is executive producer for Wowow, Anthony Wall is executive producer for BBC Arena.
International sales company Cinephil (Cathedrals of Culture) is handling international sales and will be introducing the project this week to international buyers at MipTV in Cannes. The deal was negotiated by Kayo Washio and Philippa Kowarsky of Cinephil.
The documentary, which screened as a work-in-progress at the Berlinale in February, looks at the eponymous Us journal of ideas, which was founded during the New York City newspaper strike of 1963. It promises rare archival material, contributor interviews, and excerpts from writers such as as James Baldwin, [link...
- 4/8/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Japanese pay-tv group Wowow has boarded Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi’s upcoming documentary The New York Review of Books: A 50 Year Argument as a co-producer. Wowow joins HBO Documentary Films, BBC Arena and Scorsese’s Sikelia Productions as co-production partners in the film, which had a work-in-progress screening at the Berlin Film Festival in February. Story: Martin Scorsese Screens 'Nyrb' Doc as Work in Progress Margaret Bodde is producing Nyrob with Scorsese and Tedeschi. Kayo Washio, who runs Wowow's Los Angeles office, will be the group's executive producer on the project. Anthony Wall is executive
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- 4/8/2014
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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