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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Entertainment
Yuri Kageyama

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Netflix s new last samurai standing pays respect to the original - Caught on Camera

This image released by Netflix shows Jun'ichi Okada in a scene from "The Last Samurai Standing" - (Chihoko Ishii/Netflix via AP)

Last Samurai Standing, a Netflix series launching Thursday, is set in a Japan where the feudal samurai era is about to end.

The hero, Saga Kokushu, played by Junichi Okada, is one of dozens of samurai in a live-or-die survival game to save family, community and honor.

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