Adapted from Jason Adelstein's memoir about his investigation into Japan's VICE police squad. With Ansel Elgort and Ken Wantanabe. Produced by Endeavor Content. Streams on HBO Max. Shooting in Tokyo.

The series stars Ansel Elgort as Jake Adelstein, the real-life American journalist whose book — titled Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat In Japan — “loosely inspired” the ...