Written by Ralph Jean-Pierre: Tokyo Vice editor of episodes 3, 4, 9, and the finale Around the time I was wrapping up the final season of the AppleTV+ show Servant, I was finalizing my plans to move from Los Angeles to New York via Philadelphia. Having lived in LA for about 13 years, I was anxious about landing my first job in a new territory. So when my agent called to set me up for an interview for Tokyo Vice, most of my anxieties went away. What began as my homework and prep for the show ended up being a two-night binge of the entire season one, and immediately, I was hooked. The show felt so authentic and showed a side of Japan that not many people get to see on mainstream TV. Having been a “gaijin” English teacher myself in Japan in my early 20s, I felt immediately connected to the American characters Jake and Samantha. Working on a foreign language project wasn’t out of my realm as both my thesis films at AFI Conservatory were Lithuanian and Japanese-American films. I believe this allowed me to not feel hindered by footage or any language barriers. Being that the show was shot in Tokyo, and we were posting in NY, it took about two days for the footage to get to my assistant and me. The dailies involved the AEs creating group clips that consisted of clean and subtitled footage. So with the material, I approached it like how I...
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