Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A throng of impoverished, disenfranchised, and desperate people join a game conceived by a mysterious orchestrator. As VIPs watch, they compete in a deadly contest to win a life-changing cash prize. Yet, one man’s rejection of the rules will help shine a light on the corruption among the country’s elite.
That’s right, this is the basic plot of Netflix’s new Japanese drama, Last Samurai Standing. Which, among a lengthening line of Netflix’s attempts to recapture the success ofSquid Game’s first season, is probably the most shameless. Yet, it also stands the best chance to turn heads in the same way though, ironically, not for being so obvious a facsimile of the South Korean juggernaut.
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