Daniel Radcliffe is to play the lead role in the film adaptation of "Tokyo Vice", the real-life experiences of Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who waded dangerously far into the murky waters of Japan's underworld.
Daniel Radcliffe is to play the lead role in the film adaptation of "Tokyo Vice"
Adelstein co-wrote the screenplay for the movie, which will be directed by
Anthony Mandler, with filming expected to get under way in Tokyo in the
early part of 2014.
Adelstein - who grew up on a farm in Missouri - was the first American to get
the crime beat at the Yomiuri newspaper in Tokyo, although the job did bring
him into direct conflict with Tadamasa Goto, one of Japan's most notorious
and ruthless gangsters.
The death threats escalated after Adelstein revealed that Goto and three other
yakuza had undergone liver transplants in the United States after doing a
deal with the FBI to provide information on the activities of other Japanese
underworld groups in the US.
"Daniel read the book last year, said that he really liked it and said he
wanted to do the project," Adelstein told The Daily Telegraph. "One
of the things that impressed me from the outset was that he said he wanted
to learn Japanese to play the part.
"Initially I was not sure about him for the role, but once he said that,
showed such an interest in journalism and was just so enthusiastic about the
whole thing, then I thought he would be great for the role."
