Amazon Prime Video is producing a live-action series adaptation of SEGA's "Yakuza Like a Dragon" game franchise, titled "Like a Dragon."
The series will star Takeuchi Ryoma as Kazuma Kiryu, an ex-yakuza with strong morals, and will be set in 1995 and 2005 in a fictionalized entertainment district in Tokyo.
"Yakuza Like a Dragon" will be released in two batches of three episodes each, available in subtitled and dubbed versions in over 30 languages.
The live-action series is directed by Japanese directors Masaharu Take and Kengo Takimoto, with a screenplay written by Sean Crouch, Yugo Nakamura, Yasuhiro Yoshida, and Kana Yamada.
It will be set in the fictional Tokyo district of Kamurochō, similar to the games, and will feature intense fighting scenes and dramatic stories.
The adaptation will be based on the first game of the "Yakuza" game series, released by SEGA in 2005, and will focus on the lives of gangsters in the fictional district of Kamurochō, based on Kabukichō in Shinjuku ward.
Release is expected on October 25 and November 1, 2024.
Adaptations of video games to TV series are becoming more common. Amazon Prime Video has a hit with Fallout and a Tomb Raider adaptation in the works.
Amazon is also working on other video game adaptations, such as Life is Strange and Disco Elysium.
Sources: Forbes, The Verge, ReadWrite, CNN, Economic Times, The Sun, Tecmundo.com.br, Terra.com.br, PasteMagazine.com, CinemaExpress.com, CheckpointGaming.net, GamingBolt.com, and GameSpot.com.
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