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The Yakuza TV show is coming out on Amazon Prime in OctoberTokyo nice
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Amazon will air a live-action TV series based on Sega’sYakuzagames in October this year, says the streaming service. Like A Dragon:Yakuzawill be a six-part series following characters in the criminal underbelly of Kamurocho, set to straddle between two time periods: 1995 and 2005. The series “showcases modern Japan and the dramatic stories of these intense characters, such as the legendary Kazuma Kiryu, that games in the past have not been able to explore,” said Amazon, who are releasing it through Prime Video, just like theirFallout series.
Exactly what the plot of the show will be remains to be seen. But it will follow “the life, childhood friends and the repercussions of the decisions of a fearsome and peerless Yakuza warrior with a strong sense of justice, duty, and humanity,” according toVariety. That sounds like our boy Kiryu for sure.
We are quite fond of the Yakuza series here in the treehouse. Ed was intoLike A Dragon: Infinite Wealthwhen it came out earlier this year. “It’s a wonderful, happyJRPGand it will never fail to brighten my day,” he said inhis review. “Thank goodness for Yakuza.”
One of my favourite scenes in Yakuza is when Kiryu sees some chumpsthrowing rocks at a puppy. The father figure of Tokyo catches a rock in mid-air, inches from the dog’s face. Then proceeds to destroy the goons in the only way he knows how. If the TV show adapts this one scene, I will be satisfied.
