{ "id": "ep3wk30dpf", "slug": "like-a-dragon-yakuza", "title": "Like a Dragon: Yakuza (龍が如く～Beyond the Game～)", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia", "label": "East Asian drama series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.japanese_contemporary_drama", "label": "Japanese contemporary drama", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.japanese_contemporary_drama" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia", "label": "Asia (other) · 2021 and later: East Asian drama series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia", "path": [ { "id": "geo.asia", "label": "Asia (other)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021", "label": "Asia (other) · 2021 and later", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia", "label": "East Asian drama series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Like a Dragon: Yakuza (龍が如く ～Beyond the Game～) is a 2024 six-episode Amazon Original live-action crime drama adapting Sega's Yakuza games with an original screenplay, starring Ryoma Takeuchi as Kazuma Kiryu in Kamurocho across 1995 and 2005 timelines.", "snippet": "Like a Dragon: Yakuza (龍が如く ～Beyond the Game～) is a 2024 six-episode Amazon Original live-action crime drama adapting Sega's Yakuza games with an original screenplay, starring Ryoma Takeuchi as Kazuma Kiryu in Kamurocho across 1995 and 2005 timelines.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.japanese_contemporary_drama", "markdown": "# Like a Dragon: Yakuza (龍が如く～Beyond the Game～)\n\n**Like a Dragon: Yakuza** (龍が如く ～Beyond the Game～) is a six-episode Japanese live-action crime drama produced for Prime Video, based on Sega's *Yakuza* (*Ryu Ga Gotoku*) video game series and written as an original screenplay rather than a retelling of any single game. It stars Ryoma Takeuchi as [Kazuma Kiryu](https://www.edgepedia.org/kazuma-kiryu), the yakuza known as the \"Dragon of Dojima,\" and was streamed worldwide exclusively on Prime Video from October 25, 2024, in more than 240 countries and regions.[1](https://press.aboutamazon.com/jp/news/prime-video/2024/6/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%97%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%92%E5%9F%BA%E3%81%AB%E3%81%97%E3%81%9Famazon-original%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E%E9%BE%8D%E3%81%8C%E5%A6%82%E3%81%8F-beyond-the-game-%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%90%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%94%E5%B9%B4%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%90%E6%9C%88%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%95%E6%97%A5%E9%87%91%E3%82%88%E3%82%8Aprime-video%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A6%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%8B%AC%E5%8D%A0%E9%85%8D%E4%BF%A1%E6%B1%BA%E5%AE%9A)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Format | Amazon Original drama, 6 episodes of about 45 minutes each, in Japanese with subtitles and dubs in more than 30 languages[1](https://press.aboutamazon.com/jp/news/prime-video/2024/6/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%97%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%92%E5%9F%BA%E3%81%AB%E3%81%97%E3%81%9Famazon-original%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E%E9%BE%8D%E3%81%8C%E5%A6%82%E3%81%8F-beyond-the-game-%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%90%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%94%E5%B9%B4%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%90%E6%9C%88%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%95%E6%97%A5%E9%87%91%E3%82%88%E3%82%8Aprime-video%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A6%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%8B%AC%E5%8D%A0%E9%85%8D%E4%BF%A1%E6%B1%BA%E5%AE%9A) • [2](https://video-stream.jp/ryu-ga-gotoku-beyond-the-game-prime-video/) |\n| Release | Episodes 1–3 on October 24–25, 2024; episodes 4–6 on November 1, 2024, on Prime Video[3](https://epguides.com/LikeaDragonYakuza/) |\n| Source material | Sega's *Yakuza* series, which debuted in 2005; the show uses an original screenplay touching on events from *Yakuza 0* and the first game[1](https://press.aboutamazon.com/jp/news/prime-video/2024/6/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%97%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%92%E5%9F%BA%E3%81%AB%E3%81%97%E3%81%9Famazon-original%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E%E9%BE%8D%E3%81%8C%E5%A6%82%E3%81%8F-beyond-the-game-%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%90%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%94%E5%B9%B4%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%90%E6%9C%88%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%95%E6%97%A5%E9%87%91%E3%82%88%E3%82%8Aprime-video%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A6%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%8B%AC%E5%8D%A0%E9%85%8D%E4%BF%A1%E6%B1%BA%E5%AE%9A) • [4](https://www.pushsquare.com/features/tv-show-review-like-a-dragon-yakuza-generic-japanese-crime-caper-doesnt-do-sega-franchise-justice) |\n| Setting | Kamurocho, a fictional entertainment district modeled on real Tokyo nightlife districts, across two timelines, 1995 and 2005[5](https://www.aboutamazon.jp/news/entertainment/amazon-prime-video-like-a-dragon-yakuza) • [6](https://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/like-a-dragon-yakuza-review/) |\n| Lead cast | Ryoma Takeuchi as Kazuma Kiryu, Kento Kaku as Akira Nishikiyama, Yuumi Kawai as Yumi, Hinano Nakayama as Miho, Toshiaki Karasawa as Kazama Shintaro[5](https://www.aboutamazon.jp/news/entertainment/amazon-prime-video-like-a-dragon-yakuza) |\n| Key crew | Directors Masaharu Take and Kengo Takimoto; screenplay by Sean Crouch and Yugo Nakamura; executive producers Erik Barmack, Roberto Grande, and Joshua Long[7](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZEkTNg6zUs) • [8](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/pressrepublican.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/af/caf719c2-8d97-11ef-ad88-f7c1573f6675/6712d30aae1f0.pdf.pdf) |\n| Reception | 69% Tomatometer from 13 critics and 29% audience score from 50+ ratings on Rotten Tomatoes for season 1[9](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/like_a_dragon_yakuza/s01) |\n| Follow-up | No second season announced as of February 2026; a separate three-episode live-action series, *Yakuza Powered by Nihon Toitsu*, appeared in March 2026[2](https://video-stream.jp/ryu-ga-gotoku-beyond-the-game-prime-video/) • [10](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/live-action-shows/a-live-action-yakuza-gets-a-surprise-release-18-months-after-amazons-divisive-series-and-fans-know-which-one-they-prefer/) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise and structure\n\nThe series follows Kazuma Kiryu, a man of strong duty and humanity who has never lost a fight, and the childhood friends he grew up with in the Sunflower orphanage, who are drawn into the yakuza underworld.[9](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/like_a_dragon_yakuza/s01) The story is told across two intercut timelines in Kamurocho, a fictional entertainment district modeled on real Tokyo nightlife areas. In 1995, Kiryu, Yumi Sawamura, Akira Nishikiyama, and Nishiki's sister Miho stage a heist that goes wrong when they return to the Sunflower Orphanage: the stolen money belongs to the Dojima family, one of the most dangerous yakuza organizations in the region, and the four are pulled into the underworld.[6](https://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/like-a-dragon-yakuza-review/) • [11](https://kotaku.com/like-a-dragon-yakuza-series-review-amazon-1851688066) By 2005, the friends have drifted apart, their lives shaped by the Tojo Clan, and tensions between the Tojo Clan and the Omi Alliance rise over the fate of a stolen 10 billion yen.[5](https://www.aboutamazon.jp/news/entertainment/amazon-prime-video-like-a-dragon-yakuza) • [9](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/like_a_dragon_yakuza/s01)\n\nThe plot draws on the first *Yakuza* game (2005, remade as *Yakuza Kiwami*) and its prequel *Yakuza 0*, but Push Square judged it deviates enough to be mostly unrecognizable to fans of the games.[4](https://www.pushsquare.com/features/tv-show-review-like-a-dragon-yakuza-generic-japanese-crime-caper-doesnt-do-sega-franchise-justice) Episode titles pair contrasting words: \"Departure / Return,\" \"Ambition / Desire,\" \"Brothers / Sisters,\" \"Betrayal / Promise,\" \"Despair / Hope,\" and \"Fate / Showdown.\"[3](https://epguides.com/LikeaDragonYakuza/)\n\n## Production\n\nThe show is an international Japan-United States co-production that rebuilt the game's story with staff from both countries.[7](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZEkTNg6zUs) Masaharu Take, director of the award-winning film *[100 Yen Love](https://www.edgepedia.org/100-yen-love)* and chief director of the series *The Naked Director*, directed, with Kengo Takimoto as co-director.[1](https://press.aboutamazon.com/jp/news/prime-video/2024/6/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%97%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%92%E5%9F%BA%E3%81%AB%E3%81%97%E3%81%9Famazon-original%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E%E9%BE%8D%E3%81%8C%E5%A6%82%E3%81%8F-beyond-the-game-%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%90%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%94%E5%B9%B4%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%90%E6%9C%88%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%95%E6%97%A5%E9%87%91%E3%82%88%E3%82%8Aprime-video%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A6%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%8B%AC%E5%8D%A0%E9%85%8D%E4%BF%A1%E6%B1%BA%E5%AE%9A) • [8](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/pressrepublican.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/af/caf719c2-8d97-11ef-ad88-f7c1573f6675/6712d30aae1f0.pdf.pdf) The screenplay and story are credited to Sean Crouch (*The 100*) and Yugo Nakamura (*Sunny*), with Japanese script work by Yasuhiro Yoshida and Kana Yamada, and production by the studio [The Fool](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-fool).[7](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZEkTNg6zUs) Sega Sammy's investor presentations list the drama's October 2024 release as part of the company's expansion of the *Like a Dragon* intellectual property.[12](https://www.segasammy.co.jp/cms/wp-content/uploads/pdf/ja/ir/20241108_q2_presentation_j.pdf)\n\nRGG Studio's endorsement. [Masayoshi Yokoyama](https://www.edgepedia.org/masayoshi-yokoyama), executive producer of [Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio](https://www.edgepedia.org/ryu-ga-gotoku-studio) and writer of the original games, publicly backed the project. In his published comment he said he had never once wanted to go back and remake the original work, but that if some trick of the gods returned him to that day twenty years earlier, he would want to make this drama, calling *Beyond the Game* \"without doubt another representative work of *Yakuza*.\"[1](https://press.aboutamazon.com/jp/news/prime-video/2024/6/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%97%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%92%E5%9F%BA%E3%81%AB%E3%81%97%E3%81%9Famazon-original%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E%E9%BE%8D%E3%81%8C%E5%A6%82%E3%81%8F-beyond-the-game-%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%90%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%94%E5%B9%B4%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%90%E6%9C%88%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%95%E6%97%A5%E9%87%91%E3%82%88%E3%82%8Aprime-video%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A6%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%8B%AC%E5%8D%A0%E9%85%8D%E4%BF%A1%E6%B1%BA%E5%AE%9A)\n\n## Cast\n\nRyoma Takeuchi plays Kiryu, and Kento Kaku plays his childhood friend Akira Nishikiyama, tracing the character's arc from mild-mannered youngster to hardened crime lord across the two timelines.[5](https://www.aboutamazon.jp/news/entertainment/amazon-prime-video-like-a-dragon-yakuza) • [4](https://www.pushsquare.com/features/tv-show-review-like-a-dragon-yakuza-generic-japanese-crime-caper-doesnt-do-sega-franchise-justice) The supporting cast includes Yuumi Kawai as Yumi, Hinano Nakayama as Miho, Toshiaki Karasawa as Kazama Shintaro, who runs the Sunflower orphanage and serves as a father figure, Munetaka Aoki as Goro Majima, Koichi Sato as Tojo Clan chairman Daigo Sasaki, Subaru Shibutani as Detective Date, Masaya Kato as the 1995 Dojima family boss, Ryudo Uzaki as Omi Alliance chairman Goda, Saki Takaoka as club mama Reina, Misato Morita as Aiko, Yumi's estranged older sister, and Tomoya Maeno as the former-police information broker known as the \"Florist of Sai.\"[5](https://www.aboutamazon.jp/news/entertainment/amazon-prime-video-like-a-dragon-yakuza)\n\n## Reception\n\nCritical response was mixed. On Rotten Tomatoes, season 1 holds a 69% Tomatometer from 13 reviews against a 29% audience score from more than 50 ratings, and the site's critics consensus says the series \"opt[s] to carve its own path in a new medium\" and \"entertainingly adapts the video game into a striking and competent series.\"[9](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/like_a_dragon_yakuza/s01)\n\nPraise centered on the cast and craft. GamesRadar+ called Takeuchi's Kiryu \"rock-solid\" and named the 1995 storyline a highlight that gives Kiryu and Nishiki's story extra emotional weight, while faulting fight scenes that \"don't pop\" like the games'.[13](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/live-action-shows/like-a-dragon-yakuza-season-1-review-prime-video/) [The Verge](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-verge) argued the show \"is made better because it puts being good TV first over being a faithful adaptation,\"[9](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/like_a_dragon_yakuza/s01) and Push Square noted astounding set detail, including period-appropriate 1995 movie posters and *Virtua Fighter 2.1* arcade banners.[4](https://www.pushsquare.com/features/tv-show-review-like-a-dragon-yakuza-generic-japanese-crime-caper-doesnt-do-sega-franchise-justice)\n\nThe most common criticism concerned fidelity and tone. Slant Magazine called the series \"too staid to capture the idiosyncratic, fiercely political spirit of its source material,\" noting that the games' open-world side activities give Kamurocho a life the show largely omits.[6](https://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/like-a-dragon-yakuza-review/) Kotaku described the result as \"a confused, sometimes visionary mess,\" saying its Kiryu lacks the development the games give him through side encounters and that the story feels sanitized despite bursts of shocking violence.[11](https://kotaku.com/like-a-dragon-yakuza-series-review-amazon-1851688066) NME called it \"another disappointing video game adaptation,\" while noting the source franchise has sold 21 million games.[14](https://www.nme.com/reviews/tv-reviews/like-a-dragon-yakuza-review-prime-video-3805548)\n\n## Aftermath\n\nNo second season had been announced as of February 2026, although the show reportedly placed in the top ten for non-English titles on Prime Video in the four weeks after its 2024 debut.[2](https://video-stream.jp/ryu-ga-gotoku-beyond-the-game-prime-video/) In March 2026 a separate live-action production, *Yakuza Powered by Nihon Toitsu*, a three-episode adaptation of the events of *[Yakuza](https://www.edgepedia.org/yakuza-video-game) 1* and *Yakuza 2* made by the team behind the *Nihon Toitsu* film series and released as a tie-in to *Yakuza Kiwami 3*, appeared on Prime Video, and fan commentary immediately compared it favorably to the Amazon series.[2](https://video-stream.jp/ryu-ga-gotoku-beyond-the-game-prime-video/) • [10](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/live-action-shows/a-live-action-yakuza-gets-a-surprise-release-18-months-after-amazons-divisive-series-and-fans-know-which-one-they-prefer/)\n\n## References\n\n1. [世界的人気ゲームを基にしたAmazon Originalドラマ『龍が如く～Beyond the Game～』２０２４年１０月２５日（金）よりPrime Videoにて世界独占配信決定！, Amazon Press Center (June 4, 2024)](https://press.aboutamazon.com/jp/news/prime-video/2024/6/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%97%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%92%E5%9F%BA%E3%81%AB%E3%81%97%E3%81%9Famazon-original%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E%E9%BE%8D%E3%81%8C%E5%A6%82%E3%81%8F-beyond-the-game-%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%90%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%94%E5%B9%B4%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%90%E6%9C%88%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%95%E6%97%A5%E9%87%91%E3%82%88%E3%82%8Aprime-video%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A6%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%8B%AC%E5%8D%A0%E9%85%8D%E4%BF%A1%E6%B1%BA%E5%AE%9A)\n2. [「龍が如く～Beyond the Game～」配信状況・あらすじ・口コミまとめ, Prime限定ナビ](https://video-stream.jp/ryu-ga-gotoku-beyond-the-game-prime-video/)\n3. [Like a Dragon: Yakuza (a Titles & Air Dates Guide), epguides.com](https://epguides.com/LikeaDragonYakuza/)\n4. [TV Show Review: Like a Dragon: Yakuza - Generic Japanese Crime Caper Doesn't Do SEGA Franchise Justice, Push Square (October 26, 2024)](https://www.pushsquare.com/features/tv-show-review-like-a-dragon-yakuza-generic-japanese-crime-caper-doesnt-do-sega-franchise-justice)\n5. [主演・竹内涼真 監督・武正晴 最新作 Amazon Originalドラマ『龍が如く ～Beyond the Game～』, About Amazon Japan](https://www.aboutamazon.jp/news/entertainment/amazon-prime-video-like-a-dragon-yakuza)\n6. ['Like a Dragon: Yakuza' Review: A Competent but Sandpapered Video Game Adaptation, Slant Magazine (October 24, 2024)](https://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/like-a-dragon-yakuza-review/)\n7. [ドラマ『龍が如く～Beyond the Game～』インタビュー特別映像, Prime Video JP (YouTube, October 13, 2024)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZEkTNg6zUs)\n8. [Prime Video This Week listing, Press-Republican (October 2024)](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/pressrepublican.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/af/caf719c2-8d97-11ef-ad88-f7c1573f6675/6712d30aae1f0.pdf.pdf)\n9. [Like a Dragon: Yakuza: Season 1, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/like_a_dragon_yakuza/s01)\n10. [A live-action Yakuza gets a surprise release 18 months after Amazon's divisive series, and fans know which one they prefer, GamesRadar+ (March 18, 2026)](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/live-action-shows/a-live-action-yakuza-gets-a-surprise-release-18-months-after-amazons-divisive-series-and-fans-know-which-one-they-prefer/)\n11. [Like A Dragon: Yakuza Is A Confused, Sometimes Visionary Mess, Kotaku (November 4, 2024)](https://kotaku.com/like-a-dragon-yakuza-series-review-amazon-1851688066)\n12. [主要IPの展開_龍が如く, Sega Sammy Q2 FY2025/3 presentation (November 8, 2024)](https://www.segasammy.co.jp/cms/wp-content/uploads/pdf/ja/ir/20241108_q2_presentation_j.pdf)\n13. [Like a Dragon: Yakuza season 1 review, GamesRadar+ (October 2024)](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/live-action-shows/like-a-dragon-yakuza-season-1-review-prime-video/)\n14. 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