Prime Video has launched the primary trailer for its live-action tackle the Yakuza sequence, Like a Dragon, however do not anticipate an excessive amount of from it.
We’re within the midst of the age of online game diversifications, with sequence like The Final of Us and Fallout and films just like the Tremendous Mario Bros. film proving wildly profitable. So it got here as no shock when Sega and Amazon introduced Like a Dragon: Yakuza, the most recent live-action remake of the beloved recreation sequence, final month. Now, at San Diego Comedian-Con, Amazon has launched the primary trailer for the sequence, and… it doesn’t present us a lot. There’s loads of footage of protagonist Kazuma Kiryu, performed by Ryoma Takeuchi this time round, getting his iconic tattoo, in addition to a number of photographs of males wanting very severe (considered one of them even sheds a tear), but it surely’s laborious to inform what the sequence will really be like.
The Yakuza sequence has, after all, its severe moments, but it surely’s additionally filled with silliness, which this trailer is severely missing in. Hopefully a full trailer will assist make clear the tone a bit, but it surely appears fairly promising nonetheless. The official synopsis for Like a Dragon: Yakuza explains, “Spanning the years 1995 and 2005, the sequence follows the lives of childhood associates and the repercussions of the selections of Kazuma Kiryu, a fearsome and incomparable Yakuza warrior with a robust sense of justice, responsibility, and humanity.” It is also been introduced that Kiryu’s primary associate, Akira Nishikiyama, additionally identified merely as Nishiki, will probably be voiced by Kento Kaku.
Takeuchi not too long ago spoke about his emotions on taking part in such an iconic character as Kiryu and the way he is making an attempt to place his personal spin on the Dragon of Dojima. Like a Dragon: Yakuza will stream on Prime Video on October 24, the place you possibly can watch the primary three episodes.
