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The Test

Tokyo Vice Series 1
Episode 1 of 8

Jake Adelstein becomes the first foreigner to be hired by Tokyo newspaper Meicho Shimbun. Assigned to the crime desk, he discovers that, in Tokyo, journalists shouldn't ask too many questions.

Young journalist Jake Adelstein, determined to make it in Tokyo, becomes the first foreigner to be hired by Tokyo newspaper Meicho Shimbun. Assigned to the crime desk and tasked with covering a stabbing, Jake becomes convinced the case is connected to something much bigger, but he discovers that, in Tokyo, journalists don't ask too many questions - if they know what's good for them.

In English and Japanese with English subtitles.

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Wed 11 Jan 2023 03:50
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Jake Adelstein Ansel Elgort
Hiroti Katagiri Ken Watanabe
Samantha Rachel Keller
Jin Miyamoto Hideaki Ito
Sato Sho Kasamatsu
Polina Ella Rumpf
Writer JT Rogers
Director Michael Mann

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