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Every person in the series, even in crowded battle scenes, is human and not computer-generated
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Last Samurai Standing, a Netflix series launching Thursday, is set in a Japan where the feudal samurai era is about to end.
The hero, Saga Kokushu, played by Junichi Okada, is one of dozens of samurai in a live-or-die survival game to save family, community and honor.
‘Last Samurai Standing’ Review: Netflix’s Fusion of ‘Squid Game’ and ‘Shogun’ Doesn’t Soar, but It Satisfies
Junichi Okada stars, produces and did the action choreography on this six-part series about a nefarious game pitting samurai against each other in 19th-century Japan.
The press notes for Netflix‘s new action drama Last Samurai Standing are careful to mention that the series “has been in development since 2022, a vision that predates even the development of Squid Game.” I assume that’s a typo, since Squid Game premiered on Netflix in 2021. But the exact phrasing and even the actual truth are close to irrelevant.
Whether Last Samurai Standing was put into development before Squid Game became a global sensation and FX’s Shōgun emerged as an awards juggernaut truly doesn’t matter — because every critic and every viewer is going to call the series Squid Game meets Shōgun, a comparison that isn’t an accusation of theft so much as a very, very accurate description of narrative similarity. Under what circumstances is being Squid Game meets Shōgun anything other than a boon?
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Season 2 & 3 for Netflix’s Massive Japanese Show With 100% RT Score Teased
Netflix’s new Japanese hit, Last Samurai Standing’s creator, Michihito Fujii, has now teased plans for Season 2 and 3, fueling fan excitement for the series that has already got a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Last Samurai Standing creator Michihito Fujii opened up about his vision for the show beyond its bloody first season in an interview with ScreenRant. When asked how many seasons he would need to tell the full story, Fujii said, “Two or three seasons.”
However, the director also showed a keen awareness of the realities of modern streaming, where long gaps between seasons can cause viewers to lose the thread of a narrative. This practical concern influenced his approach to the initial batch of episodes.
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