Prepare for an additional new journey with Kazuma Kiryu — this time in a live-action TV present.
We first realized in June that Amazon meant to adapt the online game franchise Like a Dragon (née Yakuza) right into a live-action Japanese sequence. We knew it will be a six-episode sequence launched in two three-episode chunks — the primary batch on Oct. 24 and the remaining on Nov. 1 — and that it will observe Kiryu (performed by Ryoma Takeuchi of Kamen Rider Drive) and his mates in what looks like an adaptation of the primary recreation, Yakuza. At San Diego Comedian-Con, we realized a bit extra — significantly that Home of Ninjas’ Kento Kaku will painting organized crime boss Nishiki, Kiryu’s difficult former childhood buddy.
The gangster cleaning soap opera Like a Dragon sequence has been a giant success each in Japan and overseas, with 9 major video games within the sequence, tons of spin-offs, and loads of current variations into different media. (Maybe most important for this challenge: Takashi Miike directed Like a Dragon: The Film, additionally primarily based on the primary recreation within the sequence.) The newest entry, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, is an absolute delight, and certainly one of our favourite video games of the yr.
The Like a Dragon present comes within the wake of Prime Video’s extremely profitable adaptation of the Fallout online game sequence, and broader curiosity from the leisure trade in adapting large online game properties.
The sequence is directed by Masaharu Take, with a narrative by Sean Crouch and Yugo Nakamura, and a Japanese screenplay by Yoshida Yasuhiro and Yamada Kana.
The largest query left: Will the present embody the sport sequence’ well-known mini-games (and their delightfully foolish tone)? I’m anxiously anticipating seeing Dondoko Island in live-action, or somebody attempting to turn out to be a Sujimon grasp. For the reason that sequence seems to be adapting the primary recreation, the probabilities appear fairly slim, however we will dream.
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