Like a Dragon: Yakuza (2024)
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Where to Watch.
Currently Like a Dragon: Yakuza is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
Ryoma Takeuchi
Kazuma Kiryu
Kento Kaku
Akira Nishikiyama
Yuumi Kawai
Yumi Sawamura
Hinano Nakayama
Miho Nishikiyama
Erik Barmack
Executive Producer
Joshua Long
Executive Producer
Masayoshi Yokoyama
Executive Producer
Roberto Grande
Executive Producer
Shuji Utsumi
Executive Producer
Sean Crouch
Executive Producer / Writer
Yugo Nakamura
Consulting Producer / Writer
Harumi Fuuki
Original Music Composer
Yasuyuki Niino
Producer
Masaharu Take
Director
Kengo Takimoto
Director
Yasuhiro Yoshida
Adaptation / Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 24, 2024
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes6
Running Time45m
Content RatingTV-14
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This TV Show Is About.
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Like a Dragon: Yakuza is a Japanese-language American crime action television series produced by Amazon MGM Studios, Wild Sheep Content, and 1212 Entertainment. It is a live-action adaptation of Sega's Like a Dragon video game series, and the first since the 2007 film Like a Dragon. It follows Kazuma Kiryu (Ryoma Takeuchi), a former yakuza who after years in prison, returns to the underworld during a vast conspiracy involving his best friend Akira Nishikiyama (Kento Kaku) and their former Dojima family.
The series borrows the characters and setting of the original 2005 Yakuza game as well as its 2016 remake Yakuza Kiwami, but the story is a loose adaptation and follows an original plot, though some major plot-points are retained.
The project was initially announced as a film before being retrofitted into a television series instead. It premiered on Amazon Prime Video with the first three episodes on October 24, 2024, and with the remaining three on November 1, 2024.
The series received mixed reviews, praising the series for the performances, especially from Ryoma Takeuchi and Kento Kaku, but criticized it for its inconsistent pacing, unrefined editing and the lack of fidelity towards the source material.