Archive · 19 Dec 2025
Last Samurai Standing Renewed for Season 2
The TV show 'Last Samurai Standing' is getting a second season.
It's set in old Japan and follows samurai warriors competing for a big prize.
The main character, Shujiro Saga, is trying to win money to help his sick family.
The show is special because it's the first all-Japanese show nominated for a big award in the US.
The actor Okada Junichi, who plays the main character, also helps make the show and does the action scenes.
The director is happy that people outside Japan like the show.
The story comes from a famous book series that won a prize in Japan.
The Japanese period-action series 'Last Samurai Standing' has been renewed for a second season.
Set in the Meiji period, the show follows 292 samurai warriors competing for a 100 billion yen prize.
Protagonist Shujiro Saga, played by Okada Junichi, enters the contest to save his ailing family.
The series is the first all-Japanese production nominated in the best foreign language series category at the Critics' Choice Awards.
Okada Junichi serves as lead actor, producer, and action choreographer, working with director Fujii Michihito.
- Who
- Okada Junichi (lead actor, producer, action choreographer), Fujii Michihito (director), and an ensemble cast including Yumia Fujisaki, Kaya Kiyohara, Masahiro Higashide, Shota Sometani, Taichi Saotome, Yuya Endo, Yasushi Fuchikami, Jyo Kairi, Takayuki Yamada, Wataru Ichinose, Riho Yoshioka, Kazunari Ninomiya, Hiroshi Tamaki, and Hideaki Ito
- What
- Renewal of the Japanese period-action series 'Last Samurai Standing' for a second season
- When
- December 19 (exact year not specified)
- Where
- Washington DC, USA (announcement), set in Kyoto, Japan
- Why
- The show's success and positive reception, including its historic nomination at the Critics' Choice Awards
- Series Title
- Last Samurai Standing
- Setting
- Meiji period, late 19th century Japan
- Main Prize
- 100 billion yen
- Protagonist
- Shujiro Saga (played by Okada Junichi)
- Awards
- First all-Japanese production nominated in the best foreign language series category at the Critics' Choice Awards
- Source Material
- Imamura Shogo's 'Ikusagami' novel series
- Novel Award
- 166th Naoki Prize in 2021
