Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A throng of impoverished, disenfranchised, and desperate people join a game conceived by a mysterious orchestrator. As VIPs watch, they compete in a deadly ...
New Netflix show Last Samurai Standing will draw comparisons to Squid Game and Shōgun, but it’s so much more than that ...
Heck, it got me to watch and review Last Samurai Standing. The concern, I guess, is a matter of raised expectations. By couching its story in the late 19th century, Japan’s Meiji era, Last Samurai ...
The new survival thriller Last Samurai Standing is dominating Netflix's Top 10 list. The show premiered on November 13 and has been a hit with critics. The Japanese language series takes place in the ...
Netflix is no stranger to bringing some of the most beloved manga and anime to life in live-action, from their highly successful One Piece series to their sci-fi thriller adaptation Alice in ...
TOKYO (AP) — “Last Samurai Standing,” a Netflix series launching on Thursday, is set in a Japan where the feudal samurai era is about to end. The hero, Saga Kokushu, played by Junichi Okada, is one of ...
Netflix’s new Japanese period action drama series, Last Samurai Standing, premiered its first season on the streaming platform on November 13, 2025. The show focuses on the life of samurai Shujiro ...
Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Last Samurai Standing is set during the late 19th century, where the era of samurai was coming to ...
From Rollerball and The Running Man to modern takes like Saw and Ready or Not, the “deadly game” subgenre has been popular for decades. The tropes of these stories have found particular success in ...