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Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Japanese: 龍が如く 劇場版, Hepburn: Ryū ga Gotoku: Gekijōban, lit. "Like a Dragon: The Movie"), is a 2007 Japanese crime film directed by Takashi Miike, based on the 2005 PlayStation 2 video game Yakuza. The film stars Kazuki Kitamura, Goro Kishitani, Show Aikawa, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Kenichi Endō and Tomorowo ...
The movie was shot on location in Tokyo's Kabukicho (歌舞伎町) district which itself served as a basis for the background design of the game's Kamurocho area.. In 1970s-era Japan, three children, Kazuma Kiryu, Akira Nishikiyama (a.k.a. Nishiki), and his younger sister, Yuko Nishikiyama, are raised together in Shintaro Kazama (a.k.a. Fuma)'s Sunflower Orphanage.
Kamurochō is depicted in two live action movies, 2006's Like a Dragon: Prologue and 2007's Like a Dragon, as well as the television adaptation of the Kurohyō sub-series. Several voice actors from the Yakuza series have performed in a radio drama known as Ryu Ga Gotoku Presents Kamuro-cho Radio Station (龍が如くPresents神室町RADIOSTATION).
Yakuza – retroactively called Yakuza 1 by fans – was the first game in the series to be released, and prior to the release of Yakuza 0, was the earliest point in the story’s timeline.
Streaming giant Prime Video will release “Like a Dragon,” a live-action series adaptation of the SEGA game franchise “Yakuza Like a Dragon.” The six-part crime-suspense-action series is ...
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"Kazuma Kiryu is a modern version of a typical Japanese hero. He has inherited the spirit of a samurai who lives by the way of the sword, and in embracing elements like that, a man should not talk too much, not act in groups, and above all, be strong.
Yakuza film (Japanese: ヤクザ映画, Hepburn: Yakuza eiga) is a popular film genre in Japanese cinema which focuses on the lives and dealings of yakuza, Japanese organized crime syndicates. In the silent film era, depictions of bakuto (precursors to modern yakuza) as sympathetic Robin Hood -like characters were common.