TOKYO ROGUE - Written by Elise Krentzel

Project Type: TV Episodic Pilot Script

Project Title:  TOKYO ROGUE

Brief Synopsis: 

"Tokyo Rogue" is a limited dramatic TV episodic series based on the real-life memoirs of Elise Krentzel — a 19-year-old New York music journalist who arrives in Japan with KISS in 1977 and never boards the return flight.

What begins as a backstage assignment explodes into a wild, culture-clashing coming-of-age — as Elise finds herself embedded in the underground music industry, navigating the power plays of Tokyo’s pre-tech male-dominated business elite, and challenging the expectations of two societies: the one she left behind and the one she’s not meant to belong to.

This is a story of reinvention, rebellion, and female grit, told with the stylish edge of Tokyo Vice, the backstage tension of Almost Famous, and the emotional stakes of The Queen’s Gambit — this one really happened.

Runtime: 45-50 min. per episode, 8 episodes

Completion Date: N/A

Country of Origin: USA

Language: English & Japanese 

Credits 

Director: NA

Writer: Elise Krentzel

Producer: NA

Cinematographer: NA

Editor: NA

Key Cast: 

Elise: Florence Pugh, Margaret Qualley, Maya Hawke

Kaz: Shohei Miura, Mackenyu, Matcha Samurai

Haruko: Rinko Kikuchi

Kusano-san: Hiroyuki Sanada 

Shizuka: Kiko Mizuhara

Mrs. Watanabe: Yuki Amami, Yo Yoshida