How Prime Videos Yakuza Adaptation Translates The Iconic Game Franchise Teased By Kiryu Actor

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Ryoma Takeuchi details how he prepared himself to join Prime Video's Like A Dragon: Yakuza adaptation, and the pressures he faced when bringing the video game series to television. Beginning in 2005, the Yakuza franchise revolves around the dealings of Japanese crime organizations, focusing specifically on the Tojo Clan in the fictional district of Kamurocho. Takeuchi is set to play Kazuma Kiryu, the series' initial lead who seeks to put his complicated past in the Tojo Clan behind him, but a missing 10 billion yen drags him back in.
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How Prime Video’s Yakuza Adaptation Translates The Iconic Game Franchise Teased By Kiryu Actor

"I wanted to show respect to the games," he says.

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