Netflix has added a trio of unscripted series to its Japanese slate.
Final Draft, Badly in Love and Welcome Now, Get Lost were announced at a Next on Netflix event today, and will sit on a Netflix Japan slate for this year also comprising the likes of Romantics Anonymous, 10Dance and Alice in Borderland Season 3.
Final Draft is billed as Netflix’s first survival reality series and will feature former professional athletes, who seek to knock the others out of the game by competing in a series of near-impossible competitions that take them to the brink. The winner of a 30 million yen prize will use the money to fund a second career. Show is from The Far Eastern TV Entertainment Inc. and the showrunner is Kazuaki Hasimoto.
Badly in Love comes from Megumi, and is billed as a “wildly authentic romance reality show” in which outsiders, who love their friends and hometowns,...
Final Draft, Badly in Love and Welcome Now, Get Lost were announced at a Next on Netflix event today, and will sit on a Netflix Japan slate for this year also comprising the likes of Romantics Anonymous, 10Dance and Alice in Borderland Season 3.
Final Draft is billed as Netflix’s first survival reality series and will feature former professional athletes, who seek to knock the others out of the game by competing in a series of near-impossible competitions that take them to the brink. The winner of a 30 million yen prize will use the money to fund a second career. Show is from The Far Eastern TV Entertainment Inc. and the showrunner is Kazuaki Hasimoto.
Badly in Love comes from Megumi, and is billed as a “wildly authentic romance reality show” in which outsiders, who love their friends and hometowns,...
- 2/12/2025
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has unveiled its Japanese content slate for 2025, headlined by “Last Samurai Standing,” a period drama featuring 300 samurai warriors gathered at Tenryuji Temple in Kyoto, lured by the promise of a 100 billion yen prize. The series stars Junichi Okada, who serves as lead actor, producer and action choreographer.
“When most people think about samurai, they think about this very glamorous period in Japanese history,” says Netflix Japan content head Kaata Sakamoto. “But what a lot of people don’t realize is that, towards the end of the Edo period, the samurai lost a lot of their glamour and their power. ‘Last Samurai Standing’ is about what would happen if these warriors — the toughest and best in Japan — all of a sudden became common people and had to fight for their lives. Think ‘Shōgun’ meets ‘Squid Game.'”
The streaming giant’s lineup includes “Alice in Borderland” returning for its third season in September,...
“When most people think about samurai, they think about this very glamorous period in Japanese history,” says Netflix Japan content head Kaata Sakamoto. “But what a lot of people don’t realize is that, towards the end of the Edo period, the samurai lost a lot of their glamour and their power. ‘Last Samurai Standing’ is about what would happen if these warriors — the toughest and best in Japan — all of a sudden became common people and had to fight for their lives. Think ‘Shōgun’ meets ‘Squid Game.'”
The streaming giant’s lineup includes “Alice in Borderland” returning for its third season in September,...
- 2/12/2025
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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