Culture News 21 Million Sales, Amazon Turns One of the Greatest Video Game Epics into a Series: Coming to Prime Video This Fall
After being announced in June, the Amazon Prime Video version of one of the greatest video game epics is definitely on track and should be released before the end of the year! For this occasion, a first teaser trailer has been presented and suffice to say, everyone loved it!
Yakuza/Like a Dragon in Live Action!
After the huge success of its Fallout series, Amazon was quick to follow up with another video game adaptation. Like a Dragon: Yakuzaa Japanese live-action production based on Sega's gangster game series, will be released on Prime Video worldwide on October 24, 2024. At least half of it, as it will be a six-episode show, airing in two parts: the first three on October 24 and the next three on November 1.
The series follows Kazuma Kiryu, the protagonist of the original video game saga, and his friends between 1995 and 2005, two periods that reference an adaptation of the first game, which followed the gangster after his release from a 10-year prison sentence. Kazuma plays Ryoma Takeuchi, the star of the Japanese series. kamen rider drive With his character Shinnosuke Tomari. In addition, on the occasion of the Comic-Con held last weekend in San Diego The company has released the first teaser/trailer for the project.we learn in particular that Kento Kaku – who is particularly known for his ninja house – He will play the role of organized crime boss Nishiki, Kiryu's former childhood friend. The trailer as a whole revolves around the image of the symbolic tattoo on the hero's back, interspersed with various action scenes, and the introduction of different characters.
Adaptation for Prime Video
The presentation follows the first announcement last June, which was quickly followed by a press conference at the picturesque Gajoen Tokyo Hotel, The event featured Ryoma Takeuchi and Masharu Take, Kazuma's translator and show director respectively. When asked about the adaptation process, the actor explained that he couldn't “I play Kiryu Kazuma without being in good shape, so I knew I had to give it a try. It was a task not only for me, but also for the costume and makeup teams. It took me two and a half hours to get ready.“, he declares. Then he adds that,It's partly thanks to Kiryu Kazuma and partly thanks to me. I got so close to the role that it was hard to tell where it ended and where it began. In particular, I got ready for the role, put on the costume, etc. Instead of playing Kiryu, I feel like he became a family member.“, he concludes.
Director Tek explained, for his part, that:Having someone with as much physical presence as Takeuchi makes a huge difference. I understood that he knows his body better than anyone else, so I left it up to him to stay fit.“He declares, before adding that,”Takeuchi also did all the action himself. It was impressive.“. regarding Kiryu's place in the plotThe director announces:In 1995, the protagonist is still young and makes a lot of mistakes, mistakes that lead him to spend ten years in prison and suffer the consequences when he is released in 2005. I tried to show these differences between the two periods, and the actors also helped me achieve that.“ Like a Dragon: Yakuza Coming October 24th exclusively on Prime Video!
