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Starring: Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Koshi Uehara, Rachel Keller, Shô Kasamatsu, Ella Rumpf, Rinko Kikuchi, Shun Sugata, Kosuke Tanaka, Hideaki Ito, Nadine Parkes, Ayumi Tanida
Contributors: Jake Adelstein, Ansel Elgort, John Lesher, Michael Mann, Alan Poul, J.T. Rogers, Emily Gerson Saines, Kayo Washio, Ken Watanabe
Studio: Fifth Season
Main Language:
Japanese, English
Subtitles:
English
Region: Region A,B,C
Release Date: 9 Dec 2024
Originally Issued: 2024
No of Discs: 6
Weight: 90g
Dimensions: 135 x 15 x 171 (mm)
Genre: Television
BBFC Cert: (18) Suitable for 18 years and over.
Rental/Retail: Retail/Rental
Description
All the episodes from the first and second seasons of the crime drama based on the memoir by Jake Adelstein. American reporter Jake Adelstein (Ansel Elgort) is the first foreigner to be hired by prestigious Japanese newspaper Meicho Shimbun and is made to prove himself by starting in a junior role. His desire to climb the professional ladder and his growing interest in the dark underbelly of Tokyo leads him to connect with Hiroto Katagiri (Ken Watanabe), who exposes Jake to a hidden Tokyo where the yakuza assert their dominance over the city.
Season 1 episodes are: 'The Test', 'Kishi Kaisei', 'Read the Air', 'I Want It That Way', 'Everybody Pays', 'The Information Business', 'Sometimes They Disappear' and 'Yoshino'. Season 2 episodes are: 'Don't Ever F**king Miss', 'Be My Number One', 'Old Law, New Twist', 'Like a New Man', 'Illness of the Trade', 'I Choose You', 'The War at Home', 'The Noble Path', 'Consequences' and 'Endgame'.
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