History of Last Samurai Standing (TV series) in Timeline

By Popular Timelines Editorial Team · Updated: November 13, 2025

Last Samurai Standing is a 2025 Japanese Netflix live-action television series adapted from a manga and novel by Shogo Imamura and Katsumi Tatsuzawa. Set in Kyoto's Tenryūji monastery during the late 19th-century Meiji period, it stars Junichi Okada, Yumia Fujisaki, and Kaya Kiyohara.

September 18, 2025: Last Samurai Standing Premieres at Busan International Film Festival

On September 18, 2025, the first two episodes of Last Samurai Standing premiered at the 30th Busan International Film Festival in the 'On Screen' section.

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November 13, 2025: Last Samurai Standing Available on Netflix

On November 13, 2025, the 6-episode Last Samurai Standing series became available to stream worldwide on Netflix after its festival release.

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2025: Last Samurai Standing Series Release

In 2025, Last Samurai Standing (Ikusagami), a Japanese Netflix original live-action television series adapted from a Japanese manga series of the same name, which is also based on the novel of the same name written by Shogo Imamura and illustrated by Katsumi Tatsuzawa, was released. The series stars Junichi Okada, Yumia Fujisaki and Kaya Kiyohara, and is set in the late 19th century during the Meiji period at the Tenryūji monastery in Kyoto.

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