Like a Dragon: Yakuza, a new live-action adaptation based on SEGA and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s global hit game, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, will be available exclusively on Prime Video starting on October 25, 2024 in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide, Amazon has announced. Directed by Masaharu Take (100 Yen Love, Eden) and featuring an original story, the series stars Ryoma Takeuchi, who plays lead character Kazuma Kiryu.
An overview of the show:
- Launch Date: October 25 (Fri) and November 1 (Fri)
- Episodes: Six episodes (Episodic Release, distributed every three episodes)
- Prime Video offers subtitling and/or dubbing available in 30 languages
- Casts: Ryoma Takeuchi and more
- Director: Masaharu Take, Kengo Takimoto
- Executive Producer Erik Barmack, Roberto Grande, Joshua Long
- Based on SEGA video game “Like a Dragon (Yakuza)” series
- Screenplay/Story: Sean Crouch & Yugo Nakamura
- Japanese Screenplay: Yasuhiro Yoshida, Kana Yamada
- Production :The Fool
A cinematic trailer for the 2020 game:
Amazon on the new series:
In 1995 and 2005, spanning across two time-periods, Like a Dragon: Yakuza, an original crime-suspense-action series, follows the life, childhood friends, and repercussions of the decisions of Kazuma Kiryu, a fearsome and peerless Yakuza warrior with a strong sense of justice, duty, and humanity.