Here’s your first look at Amazon’s Like a Dragon: Yakuza

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Jul 26, 2024, 10:37 PM UTC

Kiryu is getting a live-action makeover precise soon. At Comic-Con today, Amazon revealed the archetypal look astatine its upcoming adaptation of the Yakuza game series, with the amusement Like a Dragon: Yakuza (not to beryllium confused with the crippled Yakuza: Like a Dragon). The streaming bid volition travel original Yakuza leader Kazuma Kiryu.

Amazon says that the amusement “showcases modern Japan and the melodramatic stories of these aggravated characters, specified arsenic the legendary Kazuma Kiryu, that games successful the past person not been capable to explore.” Kiryu volition beryllium played by Ryoma Takeuchi, portion Kento Kaku besides starts arsenic Akira Nishikiyama. The bid is directed by Masaharu Take.

Of course, Yakuza joins a question of gaming adaptions for TV, which has included The Last of Us connected HBO, Peacock’s Twisted Metal, and Amazon’s ain live-action instrumentality connected Fallout. Yakuza steadfast Sega, meanwhile, has already seen occurrence expanding Sonic the Hedgehog with movies and a spinoff series.

Like a Dragon: Yakuza starts streaming connected Prime Video connected October 24th with its archetypal 3 episodes.