Following the success of Shogun on Disney+, Netflix will soon be launching a historical adventure rival series. It combines the setting with the premise of the service’s most popular title.
While Disney+ is celebrating success with the new Shogun adaptation, Netflix isn’t faffing around for long and will soon be offering a very similar Japanese format. However, this is almost in the thriller and horror vein.
At the same time, the samurai adventure is reminiscent of Squid Game, by far the most successful Netflix series, the second season of which is set to go online this year
Bloody samurai adventure with battle royale rules
The series announced by Netflix is the Japanese production Last Samurai Standing. It is based on the novel Ikusagami by author Shogo Imamura, which has also been adapted into a manga.
Last Samurai Standing is set in historical Japan in the late 19th century during the Meiji period. In the Tenryuji Temple in Kyoto, 292 masterless samurai are lured into a deadly trap with a prize money of 100 billion yen (the equivalent of over 600 million euros). Like in Battle Royale or Squid Game, they have to fight for the prize money until only one of them is left
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Actor Jun’ichi Okada, who is also known as a former boy band member and choreographer, will play the lead role. His series character is called Shujiro Saga and joins the deadly games for one reason only: He wants to save his wife and daughter.
Director Michito Fuji (The Journalist) is planning an ambitious series with a large cast:
We are creating a unique world with an ensemble cast. We feel a responsibility to deliver something unprecedented. I’m excited about the opportunity to create a work for Japan and the world with this great story, cast and spectacle.
