Netflix has greenlit a second season of “Last Samurai Standing,” the Japanese period-action series that has become a global streaming hit since its debut.
Set during Japan’s Meiji period in the late 19th century, “Last Samurai Standing” follows 292 samurai warriors who gather at Kyoto’s Tenryuji Temple for a deadly competition with a grand prize of 100 billion yen. The story centers on protagonist Shujiro Saga, played by Okada Junichi, who enters the dangerous contest to save his ailing wife and child.
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