Overview
- Netflix released the full trailer and confirmed a worldwide premiere on November 13, 2025.
- Set in 1878, the series centers on 292 former samurai drawn to Kyoto’s Tenryu-ji for a deadly tag-stealing contest that sends survivors racing to Tokyo for a ¥100 billion prize.
- Okada Junichi stars as Shujiro Saga while also serving as producer and action choreographer, with Michihito Fujii directing the entire run.
- The production emphasizes in-camera scale, including a night-long opening melee filmed without digital enhancement and nearly 300 performers in distinct costumes.
- The show adapts Imamura Shogo’s novel Ikusagami and features Hiroshi Abe as Gentosai Okabe alongside Ito Hideaki, Ninomiya Kazunari, Yoshioka Riho, Kiyohara Kaya, and Fujisaki Yumia.