Okada Junichi and Fujii Michihito on 'Last Samurai Standing'
Okada Junichi and Fujii Michihito bring realism, scale, and emotion to Netflix Japan series 'Last Samurai Standing.' The series is set in 1878, when the age of the samurai has ended, and Japan's warriors have become relics of a vanished era.
The show is a sweeping survival epic where 292 former samurai are drawn into a lethal contest for a JPY100 billion prize and the chance to reclaim their honor. Okada Junichi leads the project as star, producer, and action choreographer.
It was extremely difficult, he tells Variety. As an actor, you should be selfish. As a producer, you think about budgets and logistics — it uses a completely different part of your brain. But when I read this script, I knew right away: this is the one.
Author's summary: Okada Junichi leads Netflix Japan's 'Last Samurai Standing' series.