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"Tokyo Vice" and the Yakuza Malady

"Tokyo Vice" and the Yakuza Malady

Exploring the Reasons for "The Illness of the Trade"

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Mar 04, 2024
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Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, Ansel Elgort, Rachel Keller and Shō Kasamatsu in “Tokyo Vice”

In Episode 5, Season 2 of “Tokyo Vice”, the fearsome, awesomely tattooed gangster Tozawa (Ayumi Tanida) reappears after a six-month absence. Since no one inside or outside the yakuza seems to know where Tozawa went after collapsing at a fancy dinner, most assumed t…

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