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Plot. Cast. Video. References. External links. Like a Dragon: Prologue. Like a Dragon ~ Prologue ~ (龍が如く 〜序章〜, Ryū ga Gotoku ~ Joshō ~), also known as Like a Dragon: Prologue, is a 2006 Japanese crime drama original video film directed by Takeshi Miyasaka with Takashi Miike as executive director.
- Kentaro Nijima
- Masakatsu Funaki, Mikio Ohosawa, Ayaka Maeda, Hirotaro Honda
- Artport
Jan 14, 2024 · Kabuki Theater - This only really plays into the prologue, but Masumi Arakawa is essentially an "onnagata" actor, which is to say that in Japanese theater, female roles are played by men. "Katagi" - The localization often translates this as "civilian". Basically someone who is "katagi" is an outsider or simply someone not affiliated with the ...
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This short film called Like a Dragon: Prologue (龍が如く 〜序章〜, ryu ga gotoku -joshou-) serve as a prequel and set up the events which take place in the game. Feature films. A film adaptation was released in Japanese theaters on March 2, 2007, called Like a Dragon: The Movie (龍が如く 劇場版, ryu ga gotoku: gekijoban).
- Yakuza, December 8, 2005
Aug 16, 2006 · In 1970s-era Japan, three children, Kazuma Kiryu, Akira Nishikiyama, and his younger sister, Yuko Nishikiyama, are raised together in Shintaro Kazama's Sunflower Orphanage. In the summer of 1980, Yumi Sawamura, a young girl whose parents were accidentally shot and killed during a gang's shootout, joins them in the orphanage. Following a yakuza tradition, the honorable Kazama secretly raises ...
Yakuza: Like a Dragon [a] is a role-playing video game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by Sega. The first mainline title in the Yakuza franchise developed as a turn-based RPG, it was released in Japan and Asia for PlayStation 4 on January 16, 2020. The western release of the game for PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox ...
- Ryosuke Horii
- Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
- Hiroyuki Sakamoto
- Sega
Serving as a companion piece to Takashi Miike's later adaptation of the first Yakuza game, Like a Dragon: Prologue takes the approach of showing us more of Kiryu's early years and expanding upon elements Miike would subsequently hint at the following year.
Obviously, the film is retroactively at odds with the events of 0 in terms of continuity but taken at face value, as a prologue to the original game, it does manage to work filling in...
- Action, Drama
