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Like a Dragon: Yakuza, a live-action Amazon Originals drama series based on Sega’s long-running game franchise, will begin broadcast on Prime Video on October 25. Directed by Masaharu Take (The Naked Director), the show partly follows the story of the first game, 2005’s Yakuza, while telling an original story. The show follows series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu in his misadventures in Japan’s crime underworld, set in the fictional Tokyo red light district Kamurocho in both the mid-1990s and 2005.
Playing stoic antihero Kiryu is actor Ryoma Takeuchi. Takeuchi played the titular role in Kamen Rider Drive in 2014, quickly reaching a wide audience in Japan, before going on to feature in multiple prestige drama series and films.
Full interview: Ryoma Takeuchi, Star of Amazon’s Like a Dragon: Yakuza Series, On Becoming Kazuma Kiryu
As someone who's invested 600+ hours across all of RGG's games, I'm really excited for this live-action adaptation! Plus Ryoma actually wants to play this role to full perfection for the fans