Tokyo Vice
Director(s)Josef Kubota Wladyka
Production year2022
Genre(s)Drama, Thriller
Approx. running minutes64m
CastAnsel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, Hideaki Itō, Shō Kasamatsu
Tokyo Vice
strong injury detail, suicide
Classified Date:
27/11/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
TOKYO VICE is a US crime drama series; in this episode, an American journalist is hired as a crime reporter at a major Japanese newspaper and immediately runs into barriers while covering his first murder case.
suicide and self-harm
There is a disturbing scene in which a person dies by self-immolation, with brief sight of burn wounds partially obscured by flames, and aftermath images of the charred corpse.
injury detail
There are strong bloody crime scene images of a corpse with visible stab wounds.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
During a job interview, a Jewish man is asked by his potential employer about the validity of the antisemitic conspiracy theory that Jewish people control the global economy. Discrimination is not condoned by the episode as a whole. There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’); milder terms include ‘tits’, ‘piss’, ‘ass’, ‘bullshit’ and ‘shit’. There are also moderate, non-graphic references to sex work and bondage, as well as sequences in which women perform at a strip club, without visible nudity.
strong language
Classified Date:
27/11/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
TOKYO VICE is a crime drama series; in this episode, Jake deploys unorthodox methods as he tries to make his name as a journalist.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), and milder terms including 'bitch', 'pussy', 'shit', 'bastard' and 'balls'.
additional issues
There are occasional bloody images, but threat and violence is moderate. There are verbal references to a criminal who steals women's underwear.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
27/11/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
TOKYO VICE is a crime drama series; in this episode, Jake cultivates a professional relationship with detective Katagiri, but in doing so places himself on the radar of dangerous Yakuza criminals.
violence
Violent scenes include a fight in which a man is punched repeatedly until he loses consciousness. There are also scenes in which crime scene images of dead bodies are visible.
language
There is strong language ('f*k'), and milder terms including 'pussy', 'bitch', 'whore', 'shit', 'asshole' and 'balls'.
additional issues
There are moderate sex references, and verbal references to suicide. There is a scene in which a man is described using racist language.
brief strong sex
Classified Date:
27/11/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
TOKYO VICE is a crime drama series; in this episode, Samantha's business plans are jeopardised, while Jake's ties to the Yakuza extend in a new direction.
sex
There are scenes of strong sex and nudity, as well as crude sex references.
additional issues
There is strong language ('f**k'), and milder terms including 'bitch', 'bastard', 'shit' and 'ass'. Violence is moderate but there are some gory crime scene images. In one scene, a female investigative journalist is groped by a male detective. There are undetailed suicide references.
strong violence, bloody images, threat, suicide references, sex, language
Classified Date:
27/11/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
TOKYO VICE is a US crime drama series; in this episode, Jake investigates the Suzuno insurance company, while Samantha tries to pay off her debt to Matsuo.
violence
A fight scene involving knives features a number of bloody stabbings.
threat and horror
A tense stand-off between gangsters involves both knife and gun threat. There is a brief moment of implied sexual threat when a gangster tells a woman who is indebted to him that he wants 'what she will not sell'.
language
Strong language ('f**k') features alongside milder terms including 'bitch' and 'shit'.
sex
Sex scenes feature moaning, thrusting, buttock nudity and implied oral sex.
suicide and self-harm
A suicide note is discovered beside a man's body. In another scene, a man jumps to his death from a rooftop rather than be executed. There are also several verbal references to suicide.
injury detail
Dead bodies are seen in pools of blood, including in the aftermath of a suicide. Bloody images also occur during a fight scene.
additional issues
Other issues include references to drugs and sex.
strong bloody violence, language
Classified Date:
25/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
TOKYO VICE is a crime drama series; in this episode, Jake receives a tip about a drug shipment, while Sato takes risks to protect Samantha.
violence
Scenes of violence include stabbings and repeated blows, resulting in bloody injuries.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), and milder terms including 'cock', 'shit', 'asshole' and 'piss'.
additional issues
There are moderate sex references, and scenes of moderate threat. There are also drug references.
strong language, sex, nudity
Classified Date:
27/11/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
TOKYO VICE is a crime drama series; in this episode, Samantha grows concerned for Polina's safety, while Jake encounters a pal from Missouri.
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), and milder terms including 'pussy', 'shit' and 'asshole'.
sex
There are scenes of strong sex and nudity.
additional issues
There is moderate violence and threat, with occasional bloody images.
strong violence, language, sexual assault, drug misuse
Classified Date:
27/11/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
TOKYO VICE is a crime drama series; in this episode, Jake and Samantha continue their investigation into Polina's whereabouts, while Sato struggles to keep his relationship with Samantha separate from his work.
violence
Scenes of strong violence include a stabbing, as well as kicks and punches. Some violence is accompanied by bloody images. In one sequence, a man tries to sever his own finger as a way of demonstrating remorse to a senior member of his criminal gang.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), and milder terms including 'bitch', 'shit' and 'asshole'.
drugs
There is a scene in which people use methamphetamine.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man gropes a woman; when she rebuffs him, he becomes violent.
additional issues
There are moderate sex references.
strong language
Classified Date:
17/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
TOKYO VICE is a crime drama series; in this episode, the Chihara-Kai clan seeks retribution after Sato's stabbing.
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'shit', 'screw up' and 'hell'.
additional issues
Video footage depicts a beating. A man is threatened with knife violence during an interrogation sequence. There is sight of moderately blood-stained faces and of fresh stitches across a man's abdomen. A corpse is found in the aftermath of an implied drug overdose. Infrequent and undetailed references are made to sex work.
strong language, sex references
Classified Date:
17/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
TOKYO VICE is a US crime drama series; in this episode, a newly arrived police officer sets up a task force to combat organised crime in Tokyo.
language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('bitch', 'asshole', 'ass', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'piss', 'hell').
sex
There is a brief but strong verbal reference to sexual activity. Two characters kiss passionately before clothing is removed and they lie down on a bed. However, there is no strong nudity, and the scene cuts away before there is any further sexual activity.
additional issues
People are punched and slapped, and there is brief sight of blood during an animated sequence in which characters are slashed.
A bike gang confront and menace a person, and a gangster displays a knife whilst he threatens a woman.
A criminal refers to getting high.
strong language
Classified Date:
17/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
TOKYO VICE is a crime drama series; in this episode, as the police embark on a crackdown of the yakuza organisations, Samantha and Sato encounter a problem at the club.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘ass’, ‘asshole’, ‘shit’ and ‘damn’.
additional issues
Fight scenes feature crunchy, but undetailed, punches and blows with police batons, and sight of aftermath injury detail. There are also verbal references to stabbings and the brutal treatment of young inmates at a juvenile detention facility. There is moderate gun threat, sex references, and references to mental health. Adults smoke.
strong violence, language
Classified Date:
17/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
TOKYO VICE is a US crime drama series; in this episode, the new organised crime task force takes on the Yakuza.
violence
People are beaten and stabbed, and a person's throat is cut. A character briefly pushes his finger into a person's wound; however, detail is masked. There is some blood in the aftermath. A corpse is set on fire; however, detail is masked. A body briefly plunges from a building; however, there is no aftermath detail.
language
Strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') occurs, as well as milder terms ('dick', 'piss', 'shit', 'ass').
additional issues
There are scenes in which people are threatened and menaced. In one scene, a character slams a knife between his own splayed fingers and later those of another person who's hand is being held down.
There are verbal references to mental illness, and which include a brief reference to a person's attempt to take their own life.
The episode contains moderate verbal sex references.
People smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol, and there are scenes in which people become drunk.
strong violence, injury detail, language, sex
Classified Date:
17/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
TOKYO VICE is a US crime drama series; in this episode, a reporter investigates a gangster's death.
violence
People are shot, beaten and stabbed in scenes which include blood spurts and blood in the aftermath.
language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('bitch', 'shit', 'hell').
sex
Characters have sex in scenes which include thrusting; however, there is no graphic detail.
injury detail
Following a fall from height, there is close-up sight of blood and brain matter in the aftermath. There is also brief sight of bloody wound detail.
additional issues
There is brief sexualised buttock nudity.
Verbal suicide references lack detail.
There are scenes of verbal and visual threat.
Adults smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol.
strong language, injury detail, brief sex
Classified Date:
17/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
TOKYO VICE is a US crime drama series; in this episode, criminal gangs deal with the consequences of a shoot-out.
language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('bitch', 'prick', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'bastard', 'hell').
sex
A man with his buttocks exposed briefly positions himself between a woman's legs during sexual activity.
injury detail
There is brief close-up sight of bloody wound detail.
additional issues
There are scenes of gun threat, a brief references to suicide and drugs, and scenes in which adults smoke cigarettes.
strong language, injury detail
Classified Date:
17/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
TOKYO VICE is a US crime drama series; in this episode, Jake makes a return trip to his family in the USA.
language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('shit', 'bullshit', 'bastard', 'God').
injury detail
A wounded man bleeds to death.
additional issues
People are shot and beaten. There is brief sight of blood during a stylised animated sequence. There is a verbal reference to clubs which cater to people with sexual harassment fantasies. There are mild sex references, brief references to mental health, upsetting scenes, and occasional sequences in which adults smoke and drink.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
17/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
TOKYO VICE is a crime drama series; in this episode, Jake has a new lead but it puts him on a dangerous path.
violence
A man attempts to gouge another's eye with his thumb. Scenes also include drownings and beatings, sometimes resulting in bloody detail.
language
Strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') occurs, alongside milder terms including 'shit' and 'hell'.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are verbal references to sex and scenes of threat involving guns.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
04/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
TOKYO VICE is a US-Japanese crime drama series; in this episode, Jake seeks proof of Tozawa's involvement with the FBI.
violence
Gangsters shoot rivals during a raid, with accompanying large blood spurts. A man is repeatedly stabbed in the stomach during a darkly lit sequence.
language
Strong language (f**k) is accompanied by milder terms such as 'shit', 'bullshit', 'Jesus', 'God' and 'damn'.
additional issues
Scenes of moderate threat occur. References are made to a police officer being under investigation after having been caught in bed with an underage girl. However, these references are brief, undetailed and infrequent.
strong language
Classified Date:
17/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
TOKYO VICE is a crime drama series; in this episode, Jake and Katagiri close in on Tazawa.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms including 'shit', 'bastard' and 'balls'.
additional issues
The aftermath of a person's suicide is accompanied by bloody detail. Verbal sex references relate to sex work and a sex tape. There are also suspenseful sequences of gun threat, as well as verbal references to drugs in the context of a police investigation.
Classified date25/09/2023
LanguageEnglish
violence
Scenes of violence include stabbings and repeated blows, resulting in bloody injuries.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), and milder terms including 'cock', 'shit', 'asshole' and 'piss'.
additional issues
There are moderate sex references, and scenes of moderate threat. There are also drug references.
strong injury detail, suicide
Classified Date:
27/11/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
There is a disturbing scene in which a person dies by self-immolation, with brief sight of burn wounds partially obscured by flames, and aftermath images of the charred corpse.
injury detail
There are strong bloody crime scene images of a corpse with visible stab wounds.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
During a job interview, a Jewish man is asked by his potential employer about the validity of the antisemitic conspiracy theory that Jewish people control the global economy. Discrimination is not condoned by the episode as a whole. There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’); milder terms include ‘tits’, ‘piss’, ‘ass’, ‘bullshit’ and ‘shit’. There are also moderate, non-graphic references to sex work and bondage, as well as sequences in which women perform at a strip club, without visible nudity.
strong language
Classified Date:
27/11/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), and milder terms including 'bitch', 'pussy', 'shit', 'bastard' and 'balls'.
additional issues
There are occasional bloody images, but threat and violence is moderate. There are verbal references to a criminal who steals women's underwear.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
27/11/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Violent scenes include a fight in which a man is punched repeatedly until he loses consciousness. There are also scenes in which crime scene images of dead bodies are visible.
language
There is strong language ('f*k'), and milder terms including 'pussy', 'bitch', 'whore', 'shit', 'asshole' and 'balls'.
additional issues
There are moderate sex references, and verbal references to suicide. There is a scene in which a man is described using racist language.
brief strong sex
Classified Date:
27/11/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are scenes of strong sex and nudity, as well as crude sex references.
additional issues
There is strong language ('f**k'), and milder terms including 'bitch', 'bastard', 'shit' and 'ass'. Violence is moderate but there are some gory crime scene images. In one scene, a female investigative journalist is groped by a male detective. There are undetailed suicide references.
strong violence, bloody images, threat, suicide references, sex, language
Classified Date:
27/11/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A fight scene involving knives features a number of bloody stabbings.
threat and horror
A tense stand-off between gangsters involves both knife and gun threat. There is a brief moment of implied sexual threat when a gangster tells a woman who is indebted to him that he wants 'what she will not sell'.
language
Strong language ('f**k') features alongside milder terms including 'bitch' and 'shit'.
sex
Sex scenes feature moaning, thrusting, buttock nudity and implied oral sex.
suicide and self-harm
A suicide note is discovered beside a man's body. In another scene, a man jumps to his death from a rooftop rather than be executed. There are also several verbal references to suicide.
injury detail
Dead bodies are seen in pools of blood, including in the aftermath of a suicide. Bloody images also occur during a fight scene.
additional issues
Other issues include references to drugs and sex.
strong language, sex, nudity
Classified Date:
27/11/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), and milder terms including 'pussy', 'shit' and 'asshole'.
sex
There are scenes of strong sex and nudity.
additional issues
There is moderate violence and threat, with occasional bloody images.
strong violence, language, sexual assault, drug misuse
Classified Date:
27/11/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes of strong violence include a stabbing, as well as kicks and punches. Some violence is accompanied by bloody images. In one sequence, a man tries to sever his own finger as a way of demonstrating remorse to a senior member of his criminal gang.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), and milder terms including 'bitch', 'shit' and 'asshole'.
drugs
There is a scene in which people use methamphetamine.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man gropes a woman; when she rebuffs him, he becomes violent.
additional issues
There are moderate sex references.
strong bloody violence, language
Classified Date:
25/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes of violence include stabbings and repeated blows, resulting in bloody injuries.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), and milder terms including 'cock', 'shit', 'asshole' and 'piss'.
additional issues
There are moderate sex references, and scenes of moderate threat. There are also drug references.
strong language
Classified Date:
17/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms including 'shit', 'bastard' and 'balls'.
additional issues
The aftermath of a person's suicide is accompanied by bloody detail. Verbal sex references relate to sex work and a sex tape. There are also suspenseful sequences of gun threat, as well as verbal references to drugs in the context of a police investigation.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
17/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man attempts to gouge another's eye with his thumb. Scenes also include drownings and beatings, sometimes resulting in bloody detail.
language
Strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') occurs, alongside milder terms including 'shit' and 'hell'.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are verbal references to sex and scenes of threat involving guns.
strong language, injury detail
Classified Date:
17/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('shit', 'bullshit', 'bastard', 'God').
injury detail
A wounded man bleeds to death.
additional issues
People are shot and beaten. There is brief sight of blood during a stylised animated sequence. There is a verbal reference to clubs which cater to people with sexual harassment fantasies. There are mild sex references, brief references to mental health, upsetting scenes, and occasional sequences in which adults smoke and drink.
strong language, injury detail, brief sex
Classified Date:
17/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('bitch', 'prick', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'bastard', 'hell').
sex
A man with his buttocks exposed briefly positions himself between a woman's legs during sexual activity.
injury detail
There is brief close-up sight of bloody wound detail.
additional issues
There are scenes of gun threat, a brief references to suicide and drugs, and scenes in which adults smoke cigarettes.
strong violence, injury detail, language, sex
Classified Date:
17/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
People are shot, beaten and stabbed in scenes which include blood spurts and blood in the aftermath.
language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('bitch', 'shit', 'hell').
sex
Characters have sex in scenes which include thrusting; however, there is no graphic detail.
injury detail
Following a fall from height, there is close-up sight of blood and brain matter in the aftermath. There is also brief sight of bloody wound detail.
additional issues
There is brief sexualised buttock nudity.
Verbal suicide references lack detail.
There are scenes of verbal and visual threat.
Adults smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol.
strong violence, language
Classified Date:
17/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
People are beaten and stabbed, and a person's throat is cut. A character briefly pushes his finger into a person's wound; however, detail is masked. There is some blood in the aftermath. A corpse is set on fire; however, detail is masked. A body briefly plunges from a building; however, there is no aftermath detail.
language
Strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') occurs, as well as milder terms ('dick', 'piss', 'shit', 'ass').
additional issues
There are scenes in which people are threatened and menaced. In one scene, a character slams a knife between his own splayed fingers and later those of another person who's hand is being held down.
There are verbal references to mental illness, and which include a brief reference to a person's attempt to take their own life.
The episode contains moderate verbal sex references.
People smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol, and there are scenes in which people become drunk.
strong language
Classified Date:
17/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘ass’, ‘asshole’, ‘shit’ and ‘damn’.
additional issues
Fight scenes feature crunchy, but undetailed, punches and blows with police batons, and sight of aftermath injury detail. There are also verbal references to stabbings and the brutal treatment of young inmates at a juvenile detention facility. There is moderate gun threat, sex references, and references to mental health. Adults smoke.
strong language, sex references
Classified Date:
17/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('bitch', 'asshole', 'ass', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'piss', 'hell').
sex
There is a brief but strong verbal reference to sexual activity. Two characters kiss passionately before clothing is removed and they lie down on a bed. However, there is no strong nudity, and the scene cuts away before there is any further sexual activity.
additional issues
People are punched and slapped, and there is brief sight of blood during an animated sequence in which characters are slashed.
A bike gang confront and menace a person, and a gangster displays a knife whilst he threatens a woman.
A criminal refers to getting high.
strong language
Classified Date:
17/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'shit', 'screw up' and 'hell'.
additional issues
Video footage depicts a beating. A man is threatened with knife violence during an interrogation sequence. There is sight of moderately blood-stained faces and of fresh stitches across a man's abdomen. A corpse is found in the aftermath of an implied drug overdose. Infrequent and undetailed references are made to sex work.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
04/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Gangsters shoot rivals during a raid, with accompanying large blood spurts. A man is repeatedly stabbed in the stomach during a darkly lit sequence.
language
Strong language (f**k) is accompanied by milder terms such as 'shit', 'bullshit', 'Jesus', 'God' and 'damn'.
additional issues
Scenes of moderate threat occur. References are made to a police officer being under investigation after having been caught in bed with an underage girl. However, these references are brief, undetailed and infrequent.
Director(s)Josef Kubota Wladyka
Production year2022
Genre(s)Drama, Thriller
Approx. running minutes64m
CastAnsel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, Hideaki Itō, Shō Kasamatsu
Classified date25/09/2023
LanguageEnglish
