The SEGA game ‘Like A Dragon’ will soon be adapted into a miniseries. Amazon Prime Video has announced that there will be a live-action thriller series based on the game soon.
There will be six episodes in the show and they will be directed by filmmakers Takimoto Kengo and Take Masaharu. Kengo is known for ‘100 Yen Love’ and Mahasaru has previously directed several ‘Kamen Rider’ episodes. There will be subtitles and dubbed versions in over 30 languages. It will be released in two parts with three episodes each. The first part will be premiering on October 25th and the second part will be coming on the 1st of November.
The game ‘Yakuza’ came out in 2005 as a game for adults and now the series will extend its story. The entertainment district Kamurochō has too many gangsters who are fighting for power and a huge internal politics is going on. The story will be going on in two timelines, one in 2005 and another in 1995. A group of innocent school friends and their confrontation with a Yakuza boss and their entry to the crime world will be documented with detailed back stories.
The Japanese screenplays are written by Yoshida Yasuhiro and Yamada Kana. And the story is from Sean Crouch and Nakamura Yugo. Popular actor Takeuchi Ryoma will be playing the lead character, Kiryu Kazuma.