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Following the excellent “Melancholic”, Seiji Tanaka opted for a rather different perspective on killers of hire, this time adapting “Oni Goroshi”, a manga series by Masamichi Kawabe, in Netflix-style, violence-sensualizing ways. Let us see how he fares.

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As the movie begins, we witness Sakata, aka the deadliest assassin in Shinjo City, cutting through a number of opponents with his rather bulky meat cleaver (knife if you prefer), before he goes back to his family (wife and daughter), after what was supposed to be his last job as a killer for hire. Expectedly, things do not go as planned, and a group of masked ruffians are waiting for him at home, eventually killing his family and leaving him with a gunshot to his head, which does not kill him, but puts him into a kind of a vegetative state. If that was not enough,...

Netflix’s Demon City (2025) is a Japanese action thriller directed by Seiji Tanaka, based on Masamichi Kawabe’s manga Oni Goroshi. The film follows Shûhei Sakata, a former hitman seeking vengeance against the Kimen-gumi crime syndicate after they murder his family and leave him in a 12-year coma. After waking up, Sakata sets out to get revenge, facing a dangerous world full of enemies and betrayal.

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The film follows Shûhei Sakata (played by Tôma Ikuta), a legendary hitman who wants to leave behind his violent past to spend more time with his family. However, his plans are shattered when a criminal syndicate, the Kimen-gumi, brutally murders his wife and daughter, framing him for the crime. Shot in the head and left for dead, Sakata miraculously survives but falls into a 12-year coma. When he awakens, he embarks on a relentless quest for vengeance against those who destroyed his life.

Netflixcontinues to be a popular streaming platform for action movie fans, with their latest John Wick-esque revenge thriller now finding success and crashing into the top 10. Following the likes of such genre hits as Rebel Ridge, Carry-On, The Shadow Strays, and more, the streamer’s new action offering, the brutal and bloody Demon City, is gradually finding an audience since being released at the end of last month.

An adaptation of the manga "Oni Goroshi" by Masamichi Kawabe, Demon City merges violent revenge action with the supernatural in this tale of a highly skilled hitman who resurrects his deadly skills and cuts a bloody path of vengeance after his wife and daughter are (seemingly) killed. While it does sound a lot like a thousand revenge stories before it, sometimes, a no-nonsense action thriller about a former assassin on the warpath is exactly what you need. Clearly, audiences agree.

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A new action thriller has exploded onto Netflixand is finding huge success as audiences flock to stream this tale of a police officer who stumbles upon a conspiracy while investigating the suspicious deaths of two of his colleagues. Combining action and police procedural thrills, Squad 36has shot up the global Netflix top 10, and could be the gritty thriller you’ve been looking for.

Directed by Olivier Marchal and starring Victor Belmondo, Tewfik Jallab, and Yvan Attal, the French mystery action thriller Squad 36 drops audiences in present-day Paris, and centers on a rebellious former elite police officer, Antoine Cerda, who, after two of his former colleagues are killed and a third goes missing, begins his own investigation, discovering a bitter feud withing the police force. Squad 36 is now #2 on the Netflix worldwide chart, just behind another recent action thriller hit, Counterstrike, and you can check out the official synopsis below.

After major action movie successes Rebel Ridge, The Shadow Strays, and more, Netflix presents Demon City, a John Wick-esque revenge thriller and adaptation of the manga "Oni Goroshi" by Masamichi Kawabe, which tells the violent and visceral tale of a legendary hitman who, after his wife and daughter are killed, resurrects his particular set of skills on a bloody path of vengeance. The first reactions to Demon City, which offers gritty action with a supernatural twist, are now in. So, does Demon City continue the streamer’s action movie hot streak? Or this action thriller a disappointing imitation of Keanu Reeves’ dog-loving hitman?

Pramit Chatterjee of Digital Mafia Talkies found it to be very much the former, awarding Demon City a near-perfect score of 4/5 and praising the action on display.

“What Demon City lacks in terms of emotional depth or narrative complexity, it more than makes up for with its balls-to-the-walls,...

The lone warrior archetype is a recurrent figure in Japanese mythology and folklore— broken, violent persons spending their life in darkness, trying to turn a new page and redeem themselves, only to have fate plunge them into the same dark depths—it makes for an intriguing setup. Through the years, numerous literary and media formats have experimented with this setup with different combinations of visual and narrative style, and in that regard, Seiji Tanaka’s Japanese action thriller, Demon City, which follows the said form, has nothing exceptional to offer. You can identify the inspirations taken from classic Japanese revenge sagas and the John Wick series of movies—but the depth you’d expect from such a narrative treatment is strangely missing—which turns the movie itself into a brilliantly choreographed action sequence montage. The movie definitely had the potential to be a much more stylish, gritty, pulp-noir spectacle—which...

Netflix continues to bring audiences action movie delights from all over the globe with Counterstrike (Aka Contraataque). Helmed by Mexican filmmaker Chava Cartas, the film is delivering on its promise to bring all the explosions a fan of the genre could possibly want. Having landed on the platform on Friday, the film has jumped straight in at number two on the streamer's chart.

Chava Cartas is best known for the action seriesRosario Tijeras, and written by Jose Ruben Escalante Mendez. Counterstrike stars Luis Alberti, Noé Hernández, Luis Curiel, Leonardo Alonso, David Calderón, Guillermo Nava, Israel Islas, Mayra Batalla, Ishbel Bautista, Frida Jiser. You can check out the official synopsis for the action outing below.

“When a hostage rescue mission creates a new enemy, Capt. Guerrero and his elite soldiers must face an ambush by a criminal group.”

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Welcome to a slightly belated weekly roundup of all the new titles added to Netflix in the United States as we awaited the first-of-the-month arrivals, which included 30 new additions. Below, we’ll walk you through the 42 new movies that touched down and the 18 new series that arrived over the past seven days, in addition to looking at what shows and movies picked up the most points in the US top 10s.

While this list covers the first-of-the-month arrivals, you’ll want to familiarize yourself with all the other March additions here.

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Rating: PG-13

Language: English

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Gary Fleder

Cast: John Cusack, Rachel Weisz, Gene Hackman

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Runtime: 127 min / 2h 7m

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From Digital Frontier & Amuse Inc., Demon City is the latest live-action Manga adaptation for Netflix after previous efforts like 2017’s Death Note & the popular current series Alice in Borderland (Season 3 announced for September 2025).

Based on the manga “Oni Goroshi” by Masamichi Kawabe, the film centers on Shuhei Sakata (Toma Ikuta), a hitman hired to take out the Yakuza gang known as the Kono-gumi as his last job before ending his career. However, after he dispatches the Kono-gumi as requested, the mysterious organization who hired him known as Kimen-gumi, donning demon-faced masks, arrives at his home. Failing to take them out, Sakata can only watch as his family is gunned down right before he takes a bullet himself.

Miraculously, Sakata survives only to see himself sent to a prison hospital as police saw the scene at his home as a murder-suicide attempt. After being in a coma for several years,...

February flies by, bringing us closer to spring and a final nod to winter. With the new month comes an exciting and diverse selection of movies to stream or see in theaters. Moviegoers can choose between Last Breath, a thriller based on a true deep-sea accident, or the dark comedy with social commentary, My Dead Friend Zoe. For those staying in, the anime fantasy The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is now on Max after a rocky theatrical run, or they can head to Netflix for the thrilling action of Demon City.

Below, you will find our top picks of what you should be checking out for the first weekend of March 2025, followed by a full list of new titles available.

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It’s a busy end to February on Netflix UK with 45 new additions to the library this week, including Illumination’s Super Mario Bros movie, Kate Hudson’s new Netflix comedy Running Point, and every episode of the first season of Pokemon Horizons.

First of all, here are the week’s highlights:

The Super Mario Bros Movie (2023)

Director: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic

Genre: Animated, Action, Adventure | Runtime: 92 Minutes

Cast: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key

Illumination Studios greatly adapted one of the world’s most iconic and beloved video games. With plenty of action and easter eggs galore, it’s one to watch with all the family this weekend.

Mario and Luigi, the plumber duo from Brooklyn, are transported to the Mushroom Kingdom, where they find themselves in a conflict between the mushroom princess, Peach, and the tyrannical fire-breathing turtle Bowser,...

“Demon City” (2025) is a relentless revenge thriller set in the crime-ridden streets of Shinjo City. The story follows Sakata, a seasoned hitman on the verge of retirement, whose world is shattered when his family is brutally attacked by the ruthless Kimen-gumi syndicate. His wife is murdered, and his young daughter, Ryo, is taken from him. Believing Sakata to be dead, the Kimen-gumi overlook the fact that he has survived—though left in a vegetative state.

Even in his weakened condition, the syndicate refuses to take chances, sending assassins to finish the job. But when Sakata sees his would-be killers, something inside him ignites. Strength surges back into his body, and with vengeance as his only purpose, he scours every corner of Shinjo City, determined to hunt down the leader of Kimen-gumi and make them pay.

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Demon City (2025) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis:

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Have you ever watched a “John Wick” movie and thought to yourself, “I wonder if this would be even better if it were a little more lurid, a hell of a lot dumber, and its soundtrack had roughly 9,000 times as much flash-microwaved cheese rock?” Let’s just assume you have. Well, good news! Netflix — whose original content often feels like a response to a rhetorical question no human being has ever thought to ask — has you covered and then some with “Demon City,” a fun Japanese action film that adds exactly nothing to the “retired hitman seeks revenge” sub-genre and has a decent time doing it.

Aggressively pared down from Masamichi Kawabe’s sprawling manga series “Onigoroshi” (which spans more than 150 chapters and counting), Seiji Tanaka’s adaptation ditches the supernatural overtones of its source material in order to pursue a lean — and very mean — tale of yakuza requital. “Honey & Clover...

A legendary hit man revives from the depths of Hell and unleashes his inner demon in the Japanese genre movie Demon City, now streaming exclusively on Netflix beginning today.

Killing isn’t enough when there’s hell to pay…

Watch the bloody-as-hell official trailer for Demon City below.

In Demon City, now streaming on Netflix, “Just as hit man Shuhei Sakata is about to clean up his act for his family, the mysterious organization Kimen-gumi murders his wife and daughter, pinning the blame on him and sullying his name. After being shot in the head, he miraculously survives but falls into a coma.

“Twelve years later, the Kimen-gumi attacks him again, but his dormant killer instinct awakens, setting him on an epic course of revenge. However, what awaits him is a truth that threatens to completely alter his destiny.”

Toma Ikuta, Masahiro Higashide, Miou Tanaka, Ami Touma, Taro Suruga, Mai Kiryu,...

Ever since the release of John Wick, every story about an individual with a violent past resuming their old ways in order to do some good has been labeled as a rip-off of the Keanu Reeves-led action film. But the fact of the matter is that this particular plotline is as old as movies themselves. Akira Kurosawa used this trope in Seven Samurai all the way back in 1954. Clint Eastwood’s Man with No Name is a recognizable figure in this action subgenre, and that character began his journey on the silver screen in 1964. In the ‘90s, we got The Long Kiss Goodnight. David Cronenberg gave us his own take on this kind of story with A History of Violence in 2005. If you dip your toes into Tamil and Telugu films and their Bollywood remakes, almost every project with an aging star has that same old narrative. I don...

Directed by Seiji Tanaka, Demon City is just a bunch of high-octane, adrenaline-pumping, blood-soaked action sequences put together. I don’t deny that the premise of a man wanting to take revenge on a local Yakuza group for the murder of his family had potential, but there is absolutely no depth in the narrative. There is a man who is capable of doing things that defy logic and science, and he just walks into the Yakuza den and kills them all. We never get to know what kind of people inhabit the world, what their motivations are, what their belief systems are, and what they want to achieve in their lives. Also, I couldn’t help but observe how much the writers were inspired by John Wick; only if they understood that having a kind of a similar backstory and making the protagonist drive an old car is not enough.

Demon City’s ending was all about Sakata getting his revenge on the Kimen-gumi for killing his wife, Aoi, and supposedly murdering his daughter, Ryo. Back in the day, Sakata used to work as a hitman for Fujita. As his last assignment before seeking retirement and living the rest of his days as a family man, he killed off the last Yakuza group in the provincial city of Shinjo. When he went back home with the intention of starting a new chapter of his life, he found his wife and daughter being held hostage by a group of masked men. The Kimen-gumi were apparently cleaning up the city, and they saw Sakata as a “demon” who could ruin it all for them. So, they needed to finish him and his family off to avoid this hypothetical outcome. For some reason, on that fateful night, only Sakata’s wife died. Ryo...

“Demon City” is a Netflix movie starring Toma Ikuta with Masahiro Higashide, Miou Tanaka, and Ami Touma. It is written and directed by Seiji Tanaka.

“Demon City” arrives on Netflix with the boldest, most violent, and daring style of recent Japanese manga and cinema: a mix of heart-pounding action and thriller in the purest John Wick fashion – a tale of vengeance where, rest assured, blood will flow in abundance.

The film is a live-action adaptation of Masamichi Kawabe’s acclaimed manga that has kept readers on the edge of their seats since 2020. Directed by Seiji Tanaka, known for his work on “Melancholic,” “Demon City” follows the turbulent story of Shuhei Sakata, played by Toma Ikuta. Sakata, wrongfully accused of murdering his wife and daughter, spends 15 years confined in a prison hospital, incapacitated and seemingly defeated. However, when he regains his physical abilities, he embarks on a relentless quest for revenge...

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A new month is just around the corner, but Netflix is concluding in February with some big new releases. Below, we’ll be tackling all the new confirmed titles on the way to Netflix (specifically in the US – other regions’ lineups will vary) with headline titles, including the debuts of Venom: The Last Dance and Despicable Me 4, plus some big new Netflix Originals.

Note: This list is partially incomplete, given that Netflix has yet to send its “New on Netflix” newsletter to the press. That’s coming on Wednesday, so stay tuned! We’re tracking all the new additions coming for Netflix US for March 2025 here.

Let’s kick off with some of our most anticipated upcoming titles heading to Netflix this week:

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At the beginning of the month, Netflix revealed that Demon City's premiere was closer than ever. Since its debut is just around the corner, the streamer decided to tease the live-action adaptation of the manga series with a sneak peek that reveals that the movie will go hard on the John Wick style of fighting. The action film follows a man who is accused of killing his wife and child. Twelve years later, he is released from prison and is out for revenge. Demon City is set to premiere on February 27.

Revenge is a dish best served bloody in the upcoming Netflix revenge thriller Demon City, and the streamer has now unleashed the first clip from the movie, which lands on the platform later this month. Already being compared to Keanu Reeves’ revenge magnum opus John Wick, Demon City is an adaptation of the manga "Oni Goroshi" by Masamichi Kawabe, the action outing tells the violent tale of a legendary hitman who, after his wife and daughter are killed, demonstrates why he such a reputation as he enacts savage vengeance.

The clip comes courtesy of Netflix (via X/Twitter user @DerekBrocks) and you can check it out below. The footage finds our antihero quickly showing off his fighting prowess as he enters a warehouse and is immediately attacked by multiple adversaries. Throwing fists and feet, the sequence is wonderfully creative, as Tôma Ikuta’s main character finds himself dodging gunfire, knives,...

Netflix has shared an exciting new clip from Demon City (also known as Demon City Oni-Goroshi in Japanese), a live-action adaptation of Masamichi Kawabe’s popular revenge manga Oni-Goroshi. The footage, released on Saturday, features Shūhei Sakata, the film’s main character, taking down his enemies in a silent yet intense fight scene.

Fans won’t have to wait long to see the full film—Demon City is set to premiere worldwide on Netflix on February 27.

The story follows Shūhei Sakata, a man who was wrongly accused of murdering his wife and child. After a failed suicide attempt, in which he was shot in the head but survived, he is sent to a prison hospital, where he remains for 15 years—physically disabled and unable to seek justice. However, once he is finally released, a fateful encounter changes everything, giving him the chance to regain his physical strength and seek...

Netflix has revealed fresh details of its upcoming slate from Japan, including a three features and an epic samurai period drama.

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“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.'”

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One of the most intriguing upcoming action projects from Netflix has now been given a release window. Gloriously titled Last Samurai Standing, the upcoming series is based on the manga “Ikusagami” by Shogo Imamura and Katsumi Tatsuzawa and centers on 292 warriors who gather at a temple for a battle royale and the allure of a 100-billion-yen prize. And it has now been revealed that this hugely intriguing Squid Game with samurai will land on the streamer in November 2025.

The release window has been revealed as part of Netflix’s International release announcements (via What’s on Netflix), with Last Samurai Standing being just one of several action projects on the horizon for the streaming platform. Led by Jun'ichi Okada as our hero, who must survive the slashing of samurai swords to save his wife and child, Last Samurai Standing is set to be directed by Michihito Fujii. You can check...

"You're the demon of Shinjo!" Netflix has debuted the full official trailer for a new live-action manga film called Demon City, ready to view streaming on Netflix later this month. It's based on the Japanese manga series Oni Goroshi by Masamichi Kawabe about a hitman out for revenge. "Killing isn't enough when there's hell to pay." Demon City stars Toma Ikuta, who moved audiences to tears with his role in the Netflix series Beyond Goodbye. This time around, he plays the violent hitman Shuhei Sakata, who swears to avenge his beloved wife and daughter. Sakata fights an organization of strange masked criminals who control the city of Shinjo from the shadows. What awaits him is a truth that threatens to completely alter his destiny... This also stars Matsuya Onoe, Masahiro Higashide, Masanobu Takashima, Ami Touma, Taro Suruga, and Mio Tanaka. The manga is hyper violent and so is this film...

Fans of The Witcher franchise will have something to look forward to when The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep premieres this February on Netflix. The upcoming anime movie will feature a scene initially intended for Season 1 of the live-action series but never aired.

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Netflix continues to bring audiences action movie delights from all over the globe, with the new trailer for Counterstrike (Aka Contraataque), helmed by Mexican filmmaker Chava Cartas, promising to deliver all the explosions a fan of the genre could possibly want. The footage reveals our first look at the action thriller, which boasts a gripping synopsis, as a group five friends find themselves doing battle with a merciless cartel. You can check out the trailer for Counterstrike below.

Directed by Chava Cartas, best known for the action seriesRosario Tijeras, and written by Jose Ruben Escalante Mendez, Counterstrike stars Luis Alberti, Noé Hernández, Luis Curiel, Leonardo Alonso, David Calderón, Guillermo Nava, Israel Islas, Mayra Batalla, Ishbel Bautista, Frida Jiser and is due to hit Netflix later this month on February 28, 2025. You can check out the official synopsis for the action outing below.

“When a hostage rescue mission creates a new enemy,...

Killing isn’t enough when there’s hell to pay.

Sakata, the “Immortal Hit Man,” revives from the depths of hell and unleashes his inner demon to avenge his wife and daughter.

Just as hit man Shuhei Sakata is about to clean up his act for his family, the mysterious organization Kimen-gumi murders his wife and daughter, pinning the blame on him and sullying his name. After being shot in the head, he miraculously survives but falls into a coma. Twelve years later, the Kimen-gumi attacks him again, but his dormant killer instinct awakens, setting him on an epic course of revenge. However, what awaits him is a truth that threatens to completely alter his destiny.

The Netflix Film “Demon City” starts streaming worldwide on Thursday, 27 February, 2025, only on Netflix.

February will be a great month for fans of cinematic revenge stories. Netflix will release the live-action adaptation of the Oni-Goroshi manga by Masamichi Kawabe, which is now called Demon City.

The official Netflix Asia YouTube channel uploaded the first trailer for Demon City. Japanese actor Toma Ikuta plays the role of Shuhei Sakata, a legendary hitman framed for the murder of his wife and daughter by the Kimen-gumi, a mysterious criminal organization themed around masked demons. After a headshot sends Shuhei into a coma, the hitman awakens 12 years later to enact revenge on those who destroyed his life.

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Killing isn't enough when there's hell to pay. Keanu Reeves may have now retired (mostly) as the dog-loving hitman, John Wick, but Netflix’s latest action thriller, which is set for release this month, has arrived to fill the bullet-shaped hole left behind by Baba Yaga. An adaptation of the manga "Oni Goroshi" by Masamichi Kawabe, Demon City brings to life this violent and visceral tale of a legendary hitman who, after his wife and daughter are killed, resurrects his particular set of skills on a bloody path of revenge. Sound a little familiar?

The gripping first trailer for Demon City has now been unleashed, and promises a quest for vengeance even more bloody and brutal than the endless vendetta John Wick embarks upon after a group of clueless gangsters make the fatal mistake of killing his beloved pooch. Demon City is due to hit Netflix on February 27, 2025, and you...