In the Year 2 premiere of “Tokyo Vice,” detective Karagiri (Ken Watanabe) describes the intimidating antagonist Tozawa (Ayumi Tanida) as “an octopus” with “tentacles extending everywhere you go. Cut one off, one more grows in its area.” Cinematographer Daniel Satinoff visually brought the painterly dialogue to daily life in a shocking moment that sees Tozawa make an unforeseen return in Episode 3, “Old Regulation, New Twist.” Emerging from the shadows, a silhouetted Tozawa wraps his arms about Misaki (Ayumi Ito), who considered she experienced freed herself from his grasp. Conflicting feelings drop throughout their faces as they gaze instantly into the digital camera lens serving as a mirror. “The collection has not finished any straight, really close to the lens eyelines, and carrying out that listed here built it more impactful,” claims Satinoff, who split the sequence with Corey Walter. The climactic scene illustrates the season’s recurring concept of Tozawa “infiltrating himself into everybody’s lives” and was intended to underscore his dominance and assertive management. “The intention powering the shot is this variety of bodily manifestation of him currently being an octopus,” notes Satinoff. “Tozawa is displaying his power and we are striving to exhibit him owning her. There’s also this sensation of her having pulled again in when she imagined she was out.”
