Last Samurai Standing is coming to Netflix!
The series is based on the “Ikusagami” series of novels by Shogo Imamura, and releases on the streamer on November 13.
Here’s a plot summary: “Set in the late 19th century during the Meiji period, Last Samurai Standing thrusts viewers into a relentless life-and-death game. At nightfall, 292 warriors — including lead character Shujiro Saga (Junichi Okada) — gather at Kyoto’s Tenryuji Temple, each lured by the promise of a massive cash prize. Each donning a single wooden tag, participants must steal the tags of their rivals and race to Tokyo to claim victory. As the signal sounds, the temple erupts into chaos, launching a brutal fight for survival where only one can stand victorious.”
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The Michihito Fujii-directed series includes a large-scale melee at Tenryuji Temple filmed over multiple days and involving more than 1,000 cast and crew members, according to Netflix, and boasts “some of the most realistic and visceral action scenes ever seen in Japanese television.”
It stars Yumia Fujisaki, Kaya Kiyohara, Masahiro Higashide, Shota Sometani, Taichi Saotome, Yuya Endo, Yasushi Fuchikami, Jyo Kairi, Takayuki Yamada, Wataru Ichinose, Riho Yoshioka, Kazunari Ninomiya, Hiroshi Tamaki, and Hideaki Ito. Watch the trailer above!
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