New Netflix series billed as ‘Squid Game meets Shogun’ is coming in 2025
If you’re still waiting for the next seasons of Squid Game and Shogun,Netflixhas the perfect TV show coming your way later in 2025.
The appetite for non-English speakingTV showsover the years has only increased. Two of the most successful examples areSquid Game, Netflix’s cutthroat competition drama, and Shogun, Hulu’s incredible historical drama.
Both shows have more episodes on the way, but until then, thestreaming servicehas an action-packed drama dropping in November, and it may just become your new favourite show.
It’s called Last Samurai Standing, and sounds like the best of both worlds.
Last Samurai Standing comes to Netflix in 2025
Although the exact release date isn’t confirmed, Last Samurai Standing will be arriving on the streaming service sometime in November 2025.
The action-drama series is an adaptation of the Ikusagami manga by Shogo Imamura. Much like Squid Game, Last Samurai Standing follows over a hundred competitors ready to battle it out for an eye-watering cash prize.
Although there’s a historical twist to this Netflix drama, which takes place towards the end of the Edo period.
The official synopsis is as follows: “Set in the late 19th century during the Meiji period, Last Samurai Standing takes place at the Tenryuji Temple in Kyoto.
“Come nightfall, 292 skilled warriors gather, lured by the promise of a grand prize of 100 billion yen. Among them is our protagonist, Shujiro Saga (Junichi Okada), who enters this dangerous game with one goal: to save his ailing wife and child.”
Director Michihito Fujii said of thenew TV show: “We’re creating a unique world with an ensemble cast. We feel a responsibility to deliver something unprecedented. I’m glad for this opportunity to take an amazing story, cast and visuals, and create a work for Japan and the world to see.”
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Last Samurai Standing stars Junichi Okada, who also produces and choreographs the series.
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