Netflix pays tribute to Tom Cruise’s 2003 hit film titled The Last Samurai through its new series titled Last Samurai Standing
It all happened after Netflix dropped Last Samurai Standing on November 13, a live-action series set in Japan during the twilight of the feudal samurai era.
The series basically known to have uprooted from the original Japanese Manga, showcases Junichi Okada as Saga Kokushu, among the numerous samurai risking their lives in a dangerous survival game.
As reported by Independent, every participant in the game has been assigned a wooden tag to keep on them.
The story commenced in such a way that whenever each rival eliminated rewards them with another wooden tag, the last person standing wins a staggering 100 billion yen, equivalent to nearly $650 million.
A Cinematic Salute to Tom Cruise’s 2003 Release
Michihito Fujii, the renowned filmmaker behind The Journalist and A Family, is known to have directed this latest Netflix release.
If you look in terms of the most saught video games that are most liked by the audences, Last Samurai Standing pays respect to the enduring legacy of Japan’s most notable filmmakers.
Some of the examples include Akira Kurosawa along with the popular Hollywood movie The Last Samurai (2023) that actually starred Tom Cruise in the lead role.
The original movie in which Tom Cruise starred, he played the character of a samurai warrior. It was directed by Edward Zwick that became a huge success at the box office.
The film further managed to help a plethora of Japanese stars including Hiroyuki Sanada, and Ken Watanabe to make their respective Hollywood careers soon after.
Junichi Okada, during an interaction with the media stated that they set out to “contemporize the jidaigeki,” the Japanese term for classic samurai drama narratives.
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