All the changes Yakuza live-action Amazon Prime series makes from original game

*Warning - this story contains minor spoilers for Like A Dragon: Yakuza Episode 1, and the Yakuza game*.

The new Amazon Prime series Like a Dragon: Yakuza is a live action adaptation of a much-loved video game franchise, bringing with it some significant changes from the original.

Based on the Sega-published series, it introduces a fresh take on Kiryu and his journey through Japan's seedy underworld.

Fans might be curious about which game or games the series will adapt, given the numerous titles released since the original in 2005, including several spin-offs and a prequel set before the first game.

Here's a quick overview of how the series starts, what unfolds in the opening episode, and what clues it gives us about which game in the series is being adapted, reports the Mirror.

There are numerous changes in this live-action Yakuza adaptation, ranging from minor tweaks to major additions. The first significant change is that the Amazon series disregards the prequel title Yakuza 0, where Kiryu was already part of the Dojima family before the main game even started.

This suggests that the series is primarily based on the 2005 original and its 2016 remake, Yakuza Kiwami.

The series does maintain the same timeline, with events occurring in 1995 and 2005. However, it uses scenes from the earlier years to establish Kiryu's backstory, whereas in the game, most of this is already established before players press start.

In the game, Kiryu is already a lieutenant advisor of the Dojima Family, but in this adaptation, we witness his journey from an orphan to a gangster. As in the original game and its remake, Kiryu serves a 10-year prison sentence before being paroled and immediately re-entering the yakuza world.

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