Samurai Battle Drama leads Netflix Japan’s 2025 Slate
Netflix has unveiled its Japanese content before 2025, headed by ‘Last Samurai Standing’, a historic drama with 300 Samurai Warriors collected in Tenryuji Temple in Kyoto, lured by the promise of a 100 billion yen price. The series plays Junichi Okada, who acts as the protagonist, producer and action choreographer.
“When most people think of Samurai, they think of this very glamorous period in Japanese history,” says Netflix Japan -content Kaata Sakamoto. “But what many people do not realize is that, towards the end of the EDO period, the Samurai lost much of their glamor and their strength. ‘Last Samurai standing’ is about what would happen if these warriors – the most difficult and best in Japan – suddenly became ordinary people and had to fight for their lives. Think of ‘Shōgun’ meets ‘squid game.’ ‘
The line -up of the streaming giant includes “Alice in Borderland” who returns for his third season in September, and promises to bring the survival thriller further than Haro’s Manga Origins with star Kento Yamazaki and Tao Tsuchiya. Director Shinji Higuchi’s ‘Bullet Train Explosion’, premiered on April 23, comes up with the 1975 film that inspired ‘speed’, with unprecedented access to actual bullet train facilities and with Tsuyoshi Kusanagi.
“Glass Heart”, debuting in July, shows Takeru Satoh and Yu Miyazaki in a music drama with huge concert scenes with thousands of extras. “Romantics Anonymous” adjusts the French film “Les Émotifs Anonymes” with the Japanese star Shun Oguri and Korean actor Han Hyo-Joo as a uniquely challenged lovers-he cannot touch people, she can’t make eye contact.
The violent revenge story ‘Demon City’, which will premiere on 27 February, adjusts the manga of Masamichi Kawabe with Toma Ikuta as a hit who seeks revenge after losing his family. December brings ’10dance’, directed by Keishi Otomo and starring Ryoma Takeuchi and Keita Machida as rival dancers who form an unlikely partnership.
Al streaming is ‘Asura’, a modern family drama by director Kore-Eda Hirokazu about four sisters who have to deal with the suspected unfaithfulness of their father, with Rie Miyazawa, Machiko Ono, Yu Aoi and Suzu Hirose. The romantic drama ‘Soul Mate’, premiered in August, contains Hayato Isomura and OK Taec-Yeon of the Korean boys’ band 2 pm in a story in Berlin about a fierce meeting of a Japanese man with a Korean boxer.
In unwritten content, “Final Draft” marks the first survival reality series from Netflix Japan, with 25 former professional athletes compete for a JPY30 million prize ($ 195,000) to finance their second career. “Offline Love” (18 February) sends ten participants to Nice, France, for a tech-free dating experience, while “Badly in Love” explores romance under Japanese “Yankees” (delinquents), produced by former Yankee Megumi. Comedy fans can look forward to “Welcome, Now Grad Lost”, organized by Koji Higashino, which brings the viral YouTube hit to streaming.
The slate marks the 10 -year anniversary of Netflix Japan, where Sakamoto emphasizes their dedication to push creative boundaries and increase production standards about genres. “We are committed to creating never before stored stories by working together with the Japanese top makers and emerging talent with innovative ideas,” he says.
