A new fiction has arrived on Netflix and is ready to dynamite the borders of lovers. history genre And the adventure survival.
called last samurai standing It will be aired as a Japanese series in between. Sogun and squid game.
And in that, 292 Samurai Those who have fallen from grace will confront each other A deadly race The total prize money is 100 billion yen. Sound familiar?
This is a series developed by. NetflixJapanis set in 1878, ten years after the abolition of the “samurai” class, and blends the epicness of Japanese historical films with the tension of the time. “Survival Game” contemporaries.
The starting point of the story is the temple Tenryuji Temple of Kyotoa royal enclave with great symbolic meaning, where participants receive pieces of wood that they need to take from others in order to make their way to Tokyo.
only last survivor You can receive rewards. Shujiro Saga stands out among the combatants. Junichi OkadaIn addition to starring in the series, he serves as a producer and is responsible for choreographing the action scenes.
Having been stripped of his rank and unable to hold a sword, Saga is forced to participate in the tournament in order to save his wife and son. cholera patient.
a contest called Kodoku (a type of ancient magic) takes place along the historic Tokaido Road, where participants must pass seven checkpoints that they must pass by presenting wooden tags obtained by defeating (or killing) other contestants.
The series consists of 6 episodes The approximately one-hour film is directed by Michito Fujii, Kento Yamaguchi, and Toru Yamamoto, who also participated in the screenplay along with Risa Yashiro.
the last samurai standing inspired by novels Ikusagami of Shogo Imamura” won the Naoki Prize in 2021 and was published by Kodansha.
The person in charge of the illustration for the work was Katsumi Tachizawa And serialized in a magazine morning Between 2022 and 2023, jump to manga And now it’s time for the actual action. Imamura’s ever-expanding creative world is another piece of work, Oedo firefighter (Legend of the Firebird)will soon be made into an anime.
The series stands out for its careful setting and attention to choreographed action. sword duel Sequences filmed at real locations along the Tokaido Road.
The cast is led by Junichi Okada. Riho YoshiokaHideaki Ito, Kazunari Ninomiya, Masahiro Higashide, Takayuki Yamada, Hiroshi Tamaki, etc. The work has been praised for its nimble pacing and aesthetics. classic japanese movies with the stylized violence typical of current streaming.
last samurai standing In addition to dialogue with squid gameas well as other works such as: Alice in modern countrywhere survival becomes a social metaphor. While the Korean series focuses on debt and contracts, the Japanese series depicts a fight for honor and redemption amidst inequality and despair.
Additionally, the setting also refers to recent phenomena. generalhowever, here the focus is on the tragedy of the Meiji era’s power vacuum and loss of honor, wrapped in violent spectacle.
he Game mechanics In this series, it’s simple but deadly. Each participant receives a wooden tag and must steal the rival’s wooden tag in order to survive. If a samurai loses his tag, he dies, and the person who steals it is responsible for his death, even if he doesn’t directly kill him. On the way to Tokyo, competitors not only face each other; external challenges.
This series has generated great expectations among fans of the genre and is gaining attention on social networks. intensity of the duel And the fatalistic atmosphere surrounding the characters.
Junichi Okada said, “My hidden goal was to create a new type of historical drama that was also an action drama.It was made purely in Japan and for the world to see.”
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