agree, the casting director does a good job. portraying a new young initiated yakuza member while also showing his immaturity and youthfulness through his knowledge of western song and shoes. his face and act is on point.
Tokyo Vice for me definitely one of the best mini series in HBO Asia I've ever watch. From the cinematography, the costume and the set itself is so magnificent. Love the bromance between Ansel and Sato especially when they sing along to the backstreet boys song( I want it that way) in the car. It's really bring me back to the great 90's . Can't wait to finish the series.
You can tell Ansel Elgort is fluent in Japanese. Maybe not 100%, but definitely fluent enough to live in Japan and not have to worry about language issues. I have to believe he learned it long before he was chosen for this role. Otherwise, his learning curve for picking up foreign languages is off the charts.
@@iRoboticGaming Damn. Some people just have the knack for picking up foreign languages. I think I read somewhere that Bradley Cooper spent a summer in France and can speak conversational French.
@@nickstoli He studied abroad in France but majored in French and came from a well to do family. Many well to do families in the North East have french connections.
I've actually read somewhere that he started learning Japanese for this role. He studied for 4 hours a day, every day for 4 weeks. It is pretty impressive his dedication.
@@peggyd3368 I know! You can tell the cast really liked him & I can tell he enjoyed his experience working there. His Japanese is very impressive. I luv his bromance he shares with one of the main actors. I’m so happy for him❤️
18年弱日本語を勉強してきた私でもアンセルさんの日本語能力にすごく驚いています！短時間でここまで上達するのが本当に素晴らしいです！！Tokyo Viceはシーズン１を今見ているのですが、シーズン２だとアンセルさんが更に上達しているのかな？と今からわくわく期待しているところです☆ I have been studying Japanese for almost 18 years and I am really stunned by how Ansel is handling this language so well! It is wonderful how he got so good at it in a very short time!! I am watching Tokyo Vice 1st season right now, and am already looking forward to see Ansel speaking even better Japanese in season 2?! At least that is what I am excitingly waiting for to be able to see soon!
Just finished season 1. One of the best shows I've watched in a long long time. So we'll done. Costume Design, Story, Acting, Production Design, Cinematography absolutely phenomenal. Im learning Japanese rn and hope to one day live/work in Japan as a designer. Cannot wait for Season 2!
Kudos to my man for giving 110% to learning the language for the role. He really benefit from having learned a second language. Thats commitment. I remember Edward Norton use to be fluent in Japanese because he use to work there before becoming an actor but he kinda forgot how to speak it. I hope Ansel keeps at it!
I love this show, so deep and great actors, great script and drama. I just wish there was subtitles on this interview, I would love to hear what everyone was saying.
To those interested in Ansel's Japanese progress and possibly setting unrealistic language expectations for themselves: I speak Japanese at a pretty high level and it's fairly obvious that this was carefully rehearsed. He had specific things to say about each cast member that I'm sure he rehearsed a whole lot as a good actor would. His Japanese is not bad at all considering the amount of time he's had, but I'm also sure it's in actuality nowhere near the level that this orchestrated panel portrays. A better Japanese speaker wouldn't have moved on to new topics without a logical connective tissue the way he did, and would have quipped with the others more. Still, it's really cool that he seems to be almost crossing the beginner threshold into intermediate. I've just been seeing some people say he's basically fluent, which isn't quite true.
Calm down. Nobody gives a shit. It's more like "oseji", you know. 日本語が本当に上手な人には「日本語流暢ですね」なんて言わないが、日本語できなそうな俳優が少しでもできると「上手」って褒めるのは、なんと言うか、赤ん坊が歩いたら「歩くの上手ね」って言ってあげるようなものですよ。チルアウト、兄弟。
The fact Ansel Elgort’s Japanese sounds like a fluent nihonjin is wild. First off, learning Japanese is extremely difficult, and to learn in the short timeline that he did and to sound like that, with all the natural pauses and succinct sentences is extremely impressive. Shoutout to anybody who learns another language in a short timeline to get in character. That’s wild af.
Coming from Japanese Native myself. I can see that he didn’t just memorize that for the press conference. He actually speaks Japanese. Sure he has an accent but other than that it’s perfect. He’s good. 8/10
As a Japanese-American, he definitely speaks real Japanese here- definitely not memorized, you can see him try to find alternate words if he trips up. arguably speaks better than a lot of Japanese Americans hahaha
im amazed how quick Ansel became semi fluent in Japanese...i lived for 5 years and barely got elementary level...mostly because i never practiced which was my own fault...but also that my basic level was enough to get by on a daily basis...and all my Japanese friends really wanted to practice their English...
The series start kind of slow and as the episodes move forward, the whole story started to become so engaging and fast paced and all of the sudden I reached the final episode of the season and when I saw that there was no episode 9 then I went.. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DON"T LEAVE ME LIKE THIS UNTIL NEXT SEASON..... NOOOOOOOOOO.... excellent story excelent actors both Japaneses and Americans... can't wait for season 2
