After the runaway success of Fallout, Amazon Prime Video will play host to another live-action adaptation of a beloved video game franchise this fall.
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Like a Dragon: Yakuza drops on Oct. 24, and if the first teaser trailer is any indication, a lot of what makes Sega’s Like Dragon games so popular is already in place. We got a first look at Ryoma Takeuchi as series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu, as well as a glimpse of the newly cast Kento Kaku as Akira Nishikiyama — Kiryu’s childhood best friend and a major character in the first game in the series.
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Aside from that, there are brief shots of Kamurocho (the semi-fictional Tokyo neighborhood where much of the series takes place) and a look at Kiryu’s iconic dragon tattoo. It’s unclear at this point if the show will feature some of the sillier elements of the games, like a recurring group of criminals who dress like adult babies, but we’ll all find out together in October.
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