Studiocanal is developing a new four-part true-crime docuseries titled The Paris-Tokyo Job (Or How To Rob A Yakuza), which shines a spotlight on one of the most notorious art heists of the 1980s.
The Paris-Tokyo Job is set to be showcased this month at the Sunny Side of the Doc festival in La Rochelle before making its television debut later this year on France’s Canal+. At its core, the series chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of Philippe “Fifi” Jamin, a flamboyant delinquent who stole and trafficked world-famous artworks during the 1980s, eventually becoming deeply entangled with the Japanese Yakuza.
The gang became the primary suspects in several high-profile international crimes, including the spectacular theft of Claude Monet’s “Impression, Sunrise” (valued at over €100 million) and the audacious 1986 Mitsubishi Bank heist in Tokyo, which netted 300 million yen—equivalent to nearly €7 million today.
Spanning across Tokyo, Bangkok, and Mexico, The Paris-Tokyo Job is uniquely structured to be available both as a four-part series and a standalone two-hour feature documentary. It weaves the narrative together using rare archival footage, cinematic reconstructions, and exclusive first-hand testimonies. On the creative side, the docuseries is written and directed by Jérémie Rozan and Jérôme Pierrat, with production handled by Philippe de Bourbon and Andaman Films.
Source: Variety
