IR Interview: Show Kasamatsu For “Tokyo Vice” [Max-S2]

The Inside Reel

Actor Show Kasamatsu talks to The Inside Reel about approach, energy, emotion and environment in regards to the 2nd season of his crime thriller series: "Tokyo Vice" on Max.

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00:31 - Sato is a very complex character.

00:33 He definitely has so many things on his mind,

00:36 but his psyche as far as loyalty, love,

00:40 and almost ambition,

00:43 sort of can cloud what he wants to do.

00:45 Can you talk about playing those different aspects of him?

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00:53 Sato and I are very similar characters and people,

00:58 so it was very easy for me to play him.

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02:07 - So what exactly do you do all day?

02:09 - I chase down stories.

02:13 - What do you love most about your job?

02:19 - I'd say the unpredictability of it.

02:22 Never knowing what's coming next.

02:25 - Jack, you did not come to Tokyo in pursuit of one.

02:36 There are other stories, other crimes to be exposed.

02:40 That is your job.

02:43 - If you saw anything that can help me, now's my chance.

02:50 - I saw a tattoo.

02:51 - You know I'm onto something.

02:56 - Chase it.

02:57 Tell no one.

02:58 - Well, it's interesting because your physicality,

03:03 playing him, Cho, is basically, it's so reserved,

03:07 and then you can see these moments of just sort of rage,

03:10 like he's almost like the godfather.

03:12 He's in the godfather, like Michael Corleone,

03:15 this reluctant sort of, he's not a villain,

03:18 he's not a hero, he's just a man trying to make his way.

03:21 Could you talk about looking at those different metaphors?

03:25 And this season you're dealing with family,

03:27 you're dealing with your brother,

03:28 you're dealing with like aspects with Ashida

03:32 that are very complex and could go even further

03:35 in this season.

03:36 Can you talk about these different levels

03:38 and how different scenes you have to play

03:40 with a different energy,

03:42 depending on who you're in the scene with,

03:44 whether you're with Rachel, whether you're with Anson,

03:47 whether you're with, you know, a lot of your,

03:51 I forget who the guy who's the guy right above you

03:54 in the snow at one point.

03:56 There has to be a very specific energy in a scene.

03:59 Could you talk about finding that ying and yang,

04:01 finding that sort of balance in the performance for you,

04:04 where you can see that pinpoint and then you pull back,

04:08 'cause we do see sort of that movement.

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05:41 - Watch yourself, don't be stupid.

05:58 - Don't be stupid.

05:59 - I'll have to remember that.

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06:11 - Who knows what he'll do

06:18 if Tozawa thinks we have this information?

06:21 - Maybe you should lay low.

06:23 - Because that all works and then you have this environment

06:27 because it's about the underworld.

06:29 It is about the Yakuza.

06:30 It is about a code.

06:33 So it's showing sort of, it's interesting.

06:35 You can see the dread going underneath the show,

06:38 but also those moments of joy, you know,

06:41 that Sato sometimes gets when he's playing video games

06:43 with his brothers, with his brother,

06:45 or sharing a kiss with a lady during the season.

06:49 Could you talk about sort of, you know,

06:52 being part of that environment

06:54 and understanding the mechanics

06:55 of the world Sato exists in?

06:58 Because the only way he's gonna live is if he understands.

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07:56 - Today a man told me he'd kill me if I don't stop writing.

07:59 - I think you gotta keep going.

08:01 - Be careful.

08:02 - Other people are relying on you now.

08:06 You are the way this ends.

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