Episode 2

Kishi Kaisei is the second episode of the first season of Tokyo Vice.
==Synopsis==
As crime boss Tozawa dangerously toes the line between territories, the rival Chihara-Kai scramble to collect dues.
Samantha protects another hostess, while Jake witnesses a confrontation that changes everything.Official Tokyo Vice Synopsis from Max website
==Summary==
Jake is chased down a street by an angry knife-wielding sushi chef until he manages to locate a police officer to help him. Although Jake managed to explain that he's a news reporter, the angry chef asks why he asked his wife about her panties, leading to an awkward situation. The hostess from the Onyx bar rides her motorcycle to a real estate agent; however, she is told by the realtor that the place she was interested in wouldn't rent the property to her, because of her ethnicity.
At a restaurant, Jake talks to one of their co-workers about his current assignment and how difficult it has been working on it. The conversation then segues into Jake's finding the connection of the man who immolated himself in Shinjuku, with the stabbing victim Mr. Aoki. Jake's co-worker pokes fun at Jake's misfortune to Jake's chagrin and leaves in order to continue his work.
Meanwhile, Polina contacts Samantha, asking her for advice on getting a birthday present for a regular of hers named Hasegawa. Samantha agreed to help her and would meet her in Shibuya at 4:00 pm.
Emi on the phone with Jake, learns that he has no lead on the panties thief story that was assigned to him. Emi informs Jake that in order to get a lead on his assignment to ask someone who would know. Hence, Jake pays a visit to Jin after asking him if he has any information on the panties thief. Jin states not to quote him, and if he's asked about it, he'll deny it and claims that there's no panties thief. The loss of panties was either because of the wind or some news tabloids love posting about them in their papers. Jake takes this advice and writes an article on this, only for Emi to reject every paper that he submitted.
At the police department's interrogation room, Katagiri stands in a corner reviewing photographic evidence of Mr. Aoki's corpse as his co-worker Funaki interrogates his murder suspect. After this, Funaki believes the case to be closed since the suspect's fingerprints were on the murder weapon; on the other hand, Katagiri thinks it is all too coincidentally timed. Still, Funaki doesn't bother with the small stuff and will still submit it.
At the Chihara-Kai HQ, Leader Ishida watches a video of the retaliatory actions done by the Tozawa clan from his subordinates Kume and Kobayashi. Not wanting to provoke anything unnecessary between the two sides, Ishida asks that the protection fees be raised and to prepare for war with the Tozawa clan if it comes down to it.
Downstairs, Sato demonstrates to the trainees how to chop onions the way the boss likes it. One trainee makes a disparaging remark toward him, and Sato rebukes it. Just then, Kume orders Sato to redo his collection rounds as the protection fees have risen.
At the Meicho Office, Emi once again revises Jake's submission and complains that he uses far too many adjectives. Still, she decides to allow it to run in the morning newspaper. Elated to hear that, Jake gloats over this accomplishment with a co-worker and asks him what time they're due to attend the Ko-etsu later, after the matchbox catches his eye. His co-worker answers within 90 minutes, and despite his co-worker's warnings of how important the Ko-etsu is, Jake decides to further investigate his lead on the loan company.
Katagiri visits Mr. Aoki's wife to inform her of the good news that his murderer has been caught, and their confession to the crime will expedite his imprisonment. He then asks if Mr. Aoki was having financial troubles; however, she attests that she told this to other detectives who didn't think it was important. Because of Katagiri's insistence, Mrs. Aoki states that her husband borrowed a lot of money from a company, and when they missed a payment, the interest grew 10 times its value. Hence, Mr. Aoki tried to gather evidence and hire a lawyer to represent them. When asked if she still had the evidence, Mrs. Aoki stated she did.
At that moment, Jake visits the home and asks to interview Mrs. Aoki, but she refuses, citing that she cannot speak to the press and has a guest. Disheartened, Jake thanks Mrs. Aoki for her time and gives his condolences, only to have the door slammed in his face. Jake then rides his bike out of the scene.
Waiting for the owner to pay the protection fee at an arcade, Sato plays an arcade shootem up with a kid until the owner arrives, and Sato collects it and leaves.
Samantha visits the Onyx bar and heads into the locker room to prepare herself for that day. There she runs into Malee, who had forgotten her hairbrush but, in truth, had been having some personal time with the club owner, Duke. Samantha then hands Malee her hairbrush and asks her to wait outside, and she'll give her a ride home. A brief argument occurs between Duke and Samantha, where Duke threatens to have Samantha deported but is interrupted by Sato, which allows her to leave.
Back at work, Jake sits at the table where his co-workers Tin-Tin and Trendy are sitting. Not long after this, Jake's racist superior, Baku, makes Jake read aloud an article title, which reads, "The Panties Thief has been captured." The superior then reads the article details out loud to everyone, and for Jake's failure to properly report the article that he was assigned, he is subsequently demoted to working on the scrapbooks.
Katagiri is called to his superior's office, where he pleads with Ohara to reconsider his stance on the loan shark murders. However, Ohara refuses and considers the case closed.
As Jake cuts up an article with an exacto blade, Trendy gives Jake a coffee just as he likes it. After Trendy makes a couple of light-hearted sarcastic remarks, Emi visits Jake to drop off his paycheck, and advises him to find a good story, or else it will be his last.
Samantha, following up on her promise with Polina, assists her by looking for a potential present for Hasegawa and considers a tie with Armadillos for him. Samantha acts aloof over Polina's consideration for the tie, and Polina notices it and asks if anything is on her mind, but she denies it.
That night, Emi walks home to her apartment, where the voice of an angry man yelling in Korean can be heard from her apartment. On Jake's side, he returns home and searches through a box of his memorabilia. From Sato's side, he delivers the protection fees to Kume. As Kume checks the fees, he notices that one of them is short, and Sato claims that it is Duke who will pay the amount next month. However, Kume knew that Sato was offered some special service to pay for that month's protection fee and got smacked in the face by Kume because of it.
Jake uses a payphone to contact his mother, who tries to coax him to return home and find a job near them, but he declines. His mother, also informs him that his sister's treatments aren't working any longer. Upon spotting Jin walking out of the police station, Jake ends his call with his mother and approaches Jin, claiming he owes him a story.
In a restaurant, Jake and Jin enjoy a steak dinner together, and although Jake pleads with Jin to give him a story for a news article or else he'll be fired, Jin is unsympathetic. He also tells Jake the old proverb, Kishi Kaisei, which in his opinion means, don't be such a pussy. After showing Jin the matchbook and asking him whether or not he has any information on it, Jin denies it. Jake orders another round of food along with some steak tips. He then leaves to use the restroom.
At the Onyx club, Samantha finishes up a table and finds Malee in a dour disposition when she reaches the bar. Samantha tries to ask what's wrong, but Duke intervenes and sends her to Table 7. Before Malee does, Samantha gives her words of encouragement. It is then that Samantha talks with another hostess who gives her some intel on some newbies, one of whom has a fat wallet.
Back to Jin, he learns that Jake stood him up after he received the check for their steak dinner.
Switching over to Samantha again, she serves some drinks to a table until she's called over to another one, Jake's. There, Jake talks to Samantha about the hostess etiquette and services, along with the names of some of the hostesses who work there. When Jake asks for the name of Sato when he enters the club, Samantha abruptly leaves and tends to his needs.
While Samantha sits at the table with Sato, Samantha tries to start a conversation with him and notices the mark on his face. Sato brushes it off, and Jake waltzes right on over and joins while talking about Sato's babe shoes being inferior to his dunks. At that moment, Samantha is called over by Duke, who demands to know why Jake was at her table, to which she responds she has got it under control. Back at the table, Jake surprisingly bonds with Sato over talk about Levi Jeans and how his gang counterfeits them. After seeing what time it was, Jake leaves to catch his train, but leaves his business card behind for Sato.
Despite this, Jake still misses his train and is forced to sleep overnight at the Meicho Shimbun Newspaper HQ. There, Jake talks to Tin-Tin, who admits he was grateful to get the job there until it started. Jake then recounts some words imparted to him by his father, stating how the newspaper imparts a little more knowledge to those who read it every day. Those words that Jake's father told him make him feel content with being a part of their business.
After Tin-Tin leaves, Jake listens to tape 23, which his sister sent him. Meanwhile, Samantha puts some cream on her face and puts it away in storage after documenting a roll of cash on her. On Sato's side, he stares at some fishermen at the docks, and one asks if he knows Sato, but the other claims he doesn't. Switching back to Jake, he hears from the radio about a police confrontation in Shinjuku, and he briskly heads over there. There, Jake witnesses a three-way standoff between members of the Chihara-Kai, Tozawa, and the police. One of the Tozawa members, Nakamura, has a Chihara-Kai member at his mercy and had almost killed said member had Katagiri not stepped in. While that is going on, Jake observes the scene unfold and takes some pictures of it, but that exposes his position from behind a counter. Because of this, Katagiri confiscates the film from Jake's camera and warns him not to write about the incident. To which, Jake agrees.
==Characters==
* Jake Adelstein
* Hiroto Katagiri
* Samantha
* Jin Miyamoto
* Sato
* Polina
* Emi Maruyama
* Hitoshi Ishida
* Kobayashi
* Luna
* Gen
* Yuta
* Taro
* Kozo
* Kamiyama
* Azuma
* Funaki
* Ohara
* Malee
* Akido
* Kei
* Mr. Aoki (Pictures)
* Mrs. Aoki
* Nakamura
* Tatsuya
* Hasegawa
* Ishida
* Trendy
* Tin Tin
* Duke
* Baku
* Kume
* Nana
==Episode Images==
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==Trivia==
* The episode title's name, Kishi Kaisei, is an old Japanese proverb that translates to: wake from death return to life. Also, the definitive meaning of the proverb is mentioned in a discussion between Jake and Miyamoto.
* This episode features the Missouri Brand of BBQ sauce known as Show-Me Bar-B-Q Sauce.https://www.komu.com/news/midmissourinews/local-barbecue-sauce-makes-an-appearance-on-hbos-tokyo-vice/article_3f1c433e-d319-11ee-8b9a-673a093caeda.html
* This episode features real-life locations: the Hotel Okura Tokyo, the Don Quijote, and the Ikebukuro, Mikado Game Center.
==References==
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