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 ...

Star and action choreographer Junichi Okada is promising an even "more energetic and action-packed” batch of episodes, after Season 1 topped Netflix’s global non-English chart and spent four weeks at ...

Shōgun set the world on fire last year upon its premiere and was immediately hailed as one of the best TV dramas of all time. While originally planned as a limited series, the show was such a success ...

Last Samurai Standing keeps viewers on their toes until the very end! The Netflix series follows Shujiro Saga (Junichi Okada), a warrior struggling to care for his sick wife and daughter in ...

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Last Samurai Standing has been a massive hit for Netflix. According to the streamer, the Japanese series reached the number one spot on the Netflix Weekly Global Top 10 for Non-English Series, ...

Netflix renews Last Samurai Standing for Season 2 The series topped charts in 88 countries and earned a Critics’ Choice nomination Junichi Okada and Michihito Fujii promise an even bigger, ...