“TOKYO VICE” Director Michael Mann pays a courtesy call on Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike
<h2 style="font-size: 20.5714px; font-family: Meiryo, Verdana, 'ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3', 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro', Osaka, 'MS Pゴシック', sans-serif;"> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: 'Meiryo UI';">American TV drama “TOKYO VICE” is scheduled to be filmed in Tokyo</span></p> </h2> <span style="line-height: 14.4px; font-family: Meiryo, Verdana, 'ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3', 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro', Osaka, 'MS Pゴシック', sans-serif;"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Meiryo UI';">Mr. Michael Mann, a director of notable movies such as “The Insider,” “Collateral,” and “Heat,” paid a courtesy call on Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on November 12th, 2020, just before the start of the filming of “TOKYO VICE”. (*Japanese title not yet determined)</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Meiryo UI';">Director Mann told Governor Koike that he is extremely happy to have an opportunity to film in the world’s most exciting city of Tokyo, and expressed his strong motivation that he is firmly committed to shooting in the area of Tokyo while many other foreign productions tend to shoot outside Tokyo.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Meiryo UI';">Governor Koike welcomed Director Mann and his crews and responded that Tokyo is a city with a mixture of an “old” and “new” culture that attracts people in various ways, and Tokyo Metropolitan Government is pleased to provide all kinds of assistance to ensure successful filming.</span></p> <h2 style="font-size: 20.5714px;"> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: 'Meiryo UI';">About “TOKYO VICE”</span></p> </h2> </span> <ul style="list-style-type: disc;"> <li><span style="font-family: 'Meiryo UI';">An 8-episode long TV series with a budget of about $80 million (Approx. 8.8 billion Japanese yen)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Meiryo UI';">To be aired in HBO MAX in the U.S. by the end of 2021</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Meiryo UI';">The leading actor will be an up-and-coming Hollywood star Ansel Elgort, and Ken Watanabe and Rinko Kikuchi are casting from Japan</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: 'Meiryo UI';">“TOKYO VICE” will start its’ shooting from the end of November 2020 in cities including Shinjuku, Shibuya, and Roppongi</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: 'Meiryo UI';">This production is supported by Tokyo Location Box (TLB) for shootings in Tokyo.</span></p>