On my flight back, I stumbled across Tokyo Vice. Based on a memoir by an American reporter on the police beat in 90s Tokyo, the pilot is directed by Michael Mann, and starring the driver from Baby Driver, next to Ken Watanabe. There’s a lot going on - suspense, murder, crime, the relationship between the press, police, and the underworld.
LOL, the spring onion scene was probably the most memorable part of the show!
BTW, Harvard, reading this made me think of this quote from Michael Mann about making 'Tokyo Vice'.
"[Y]ou run up against a quite wonderful Japanese cultural tradition and value system where if somebody has a food stand, they’ve been running that food stand for 35 or 40 years, they have their customers, and they are not going to interrupt the flow of their customers or the customers’ expectations. Like, there’s a couple of people who may show up exactly at 4:30, so if you want to shoot at 4:30, you can’t and no amount of money is going to change that attitude…. That also made it pretty tough, but we managed to do it by being persistent and innovative.”
LOL, the spring onion scene was probably the most memorable part of the show!
BTW, Harvard, reading this made me think of this quote from Michael Mann about making 'Tokyo Vice'.
"[Y]ou run up against a quite wonderful Japanese cultural tradition and value system where if somebody has a food stand, they’ve been running that food stand for 35 or 40 years, they have their customers, and they are not going to interrupt the flow of their customers or the customers’ expectations. Like, there’s a couple of people who may show up exactly at 4:30, so if you want to shoot at 4:30, you can’t and no amount of money is going to change that attitude…. That also made it pretty tough, but we managed to do it by being persistent and innovative.”
'being persistent and innovative' sounds like yakuza talk.
Which would make it very apt for the show!