Amazon drops the primary teaser for its upcoming Yakuza adaptation

Amazon has launched its first teaser video for Like A Dragon: Yakuza, its dwell motion adaptation of SEGA’s Yakuza video games, at San Diego Comedian-Con. There’s a number of deal with the inking strategy of Kazuma Kiryu’s iconic dragon tattoo, however you will additionally get glimpses of Kamurocho’s night time scene, varied characters within the sequence and the underground struggle membership that exhibits up as a mini-game throughout the franchise. In the previous couple of seconds of the video, you will see a shirtless Kiryu heading to a circle of cheering viewers betting on his match.

When the corporate introduced the present in June, it described the variation as a “crime-suspense-action sequence” that “follows the life, childhood pals, and repercussions of the selections of Kazuma Kiryu, a fearsome and peerless Yakuza warrior with a robust sense of justice, obligation, and humanity.” Seeing because the present is about between 1995 and 2005, it should most like be primarily based on the primary Yakuza recreation with glimpses of the years that happened after the occasions in Yakuza 0.

The primary three of episodes of Like A Dragon: Yakuza will arrive on Prime Video on October 24, with the following three approaching October 31. It stars Ryoma Takeuchi (Kamen Rider Drive, Roppongi Class) as Kiryu. And as this teaser has revealed, his finest good friend Nishiki, who performs a pivotal position within the story, will probably be portrayed by Kento Kaku (Netflix’s Home of Ninjas).