Like a Dragon is Amazon’s second bite at the video game adaptation apple after the surprising success of its Fallout show. It stars Ryoma Takeuchi as Kazuma Kiryu, an orphaned youth who joins the Tojo yakuza clan with dreams of earning the title of Dragon of Dojima.

Like a Dragon is going global. The video game series, previously known as Yakuza in the West, has only grown in popularity since 2015's Yakuza 0, encompassing all manner of turn-based RPGs, secret agent brawlers, and pirate-themed adventures. Now, it's about to be plonked in front of millions of subscribers on Prime Video.

Yakuza are mixed to negative, with a couple of positive ones. According to critics, the show fails to balance the melodrama with moments of comedy. The series was always going to be difficult to adapt because of how unique its presentation is.