Netflix Unleashes Thrilling First Trailer for What's Positive to Be the Streamer's Subsequent Massive Motion Hit

Based mostly on the manga sequence of the identical identify, Final Samurai Standing is led by Junichi Okada (From Up on Poppy Hill, Tales from Earthsea) as our hero, who should survive the slashing of samurai swords to avoid wasting his spouse and baby. Final Samurai Standing is directed by Michihito Fujii (Shoutai, 18×2 Past Youthful Days), with the remainder of the forged counting Yumia Fujisaki, Kaya Kiyohara, Masahiro Higashide, Shota Sometani, Taichi Saotome, Yuya Endo, Taiiku Okazaki, and Kairi Jo amongst its ranks.

Final Samurai Standing is scheduled to debut on Netflix on Thursday, November 13, 2025, and you’ll try each the trailer and newly revealed synopsis beneath.

One level per life. The curtain rises on an epic battle royale between courageous warriors who lived by way of an unsure period.

Within the late nineteenth century in the course of the Meiji interval, 292 warriors, together with Shujiro Saga (Junichi Okada), collect at Tenryuji Temple in Kyoto at dusk, lured by the promise of an enormous money prize. Every given a wood tag, they be part of a vicious sport wherein they need to steal the tags of their fellow members and attain Tokyo to win the prize cash. Beneath the veil of evening, the temple grounds are stuffed with unease and the presence of bloodthirsty warriors. When the sign is given to start the sport, the combatants launch into their relentless battle for survival.

Based mostly on the footage, Final Samurai Standing has all of the substances wanted to make a streaming smash-hit. The intriguing elevator pitch (Samurai-meets-Squid Sport) will clearly enable for all method of motion as Junichi Okada’s warrior fights his means by way of to the tip. However, alongside this, the sequence will even seemingly reveal that, underneath the floor, there’s something deeply common about this nineteenth century battle royale and the way far individuals will go to outlive.

Jun’ichi Okada, who can also be on board the sequence as a producer and motion choreographer, has beforehand teased how Final Samurai Standing will convey “motion, drama, social commentary, and leisure” to worldwide audiences.

“When Netflix govt producer Mr. Takahashi reached out to me, I used to be nonetheless performing in historic dramas. Again then, I used to be already considering of how to make this style successful, not simply in Japan, however all around the world. I noticed their potential for motion, drama, social commentary, and leisure, however I knew they may very well be taken additional. That’s after I got here throughout Imamura’s manga. It was written in a means that fashionable audiences may get pleasure from, and I used to be excited in regards to the concept of adapting it.”