By Amazon Prime Video has premiered the second trailer for “Like a Dragon: Yakuza,” its six-episode live-action series adaptation of the SEGA game franchise alternatively known as “Like a Dragon” and “Yakuza” depending upon which country you live in.
Deemed a crime-suspense-action series with gritty realism, the project is being directed by Take Masaharu (“100 Yen Love”) and Takimoto Kengo (“Kamen Teacher”). Takeuchi Ryoma will take on the lead character of Kazuma Kiryu.
The series depicts the lives of fierce yet passionate gangsters and people living in a huge entertainment district, Kamurochō. It showcases modern Japan and the dramatic stories of these intense characters.
The series unfolds over two time periods, 1995 and 2005, and follows “the life, childhood friends and the repercussions of the decisions of a fearsome and peerless Yakuza warrior with a strong sense of justice, duty, and humanity.”
Sean Crouch and Nakamura Yugo created the story and screenplay, with a Japanese screenplay penned by Yoshida Yasuhiro and Yamada Kana. The series will be subtitled and dubbed in thirty languages.
Erik Barmack, Roberto Grande and Joshua Long executive produce the series which premieres on the service on October 24th.
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