Netflix is calling its new samurai show Shogun meets Squid Game, and it sounds like a must watch

First look at Netflix's Last Samurai Standing
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Netflix has a new samurai series on the way, titled Last Samur🌞ai Standing, and it sounds like your next bingewatch.

The show, based on the Ikusagami series by Shogo Imamura, revolves around samurai warriors who compete for a massive ౠcash prize.

). "But what a lot of people don't realize is that, towards the end of the Edo period, the samurai lost a lot of their glamour and their power. Last Samurai Standing is about what would happen if these warriors – the toughest and best in Japan – all of a sudden became common people and had to fight for their lives. Think Shōgun meets Squid Game.'"

Judging by the official logline, that comparison is very accurate. "In the Meiji period, at Tenryuji Temple in Kyoto, 292 skilled warriors gathered at nightfall, lured by the promise of a huge cash prize," it reads. "The rules are simple: whoever can steal the wooden tags distributed to each of them and reach Tokyo 💝will win the prize money. Among them is Shujiro Saga, who enters the deadl♎y game with one goal: to save his ailing wife and child."

I🌠n the first look, which you can see above, star Junichi Okada (who is also actꦺion choreographer and producer) stands amid a crowd of warriors, looking ready for anything.

Shōgun, meanwhile, is confirmed for a season 2, and the latest update is that the scripts are complete and production is planned for the end of the🐭🐽 year.

As for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Squid Game season 3, that's releasing on Netflix this June 27. Season 2 has already become a huge hit for the streamer, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:breaking a record set by Wednesday and ▨becoming one of its m✤ost-watched shows ever. Season 1 remains Netflix's most popular show of all time.

Last Samurai Standing is arriving on Netflix this November 2025. In the meantime, fill out your watchlist with our guide to the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Netflix shows to stream now.

Molly Edwards
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