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Bradley Russell

Like a Dragon: Yakuza’s Kiryu actor knows exactly why the adaptation’s already-divisive time jump scenes are important: "We wanted to depict the humanity"

Like a Dragon: Yakuza.

There’s already been early talk of fans not gelling with the back-and-forth time jumps of Like a Dragon: Yakuza. But, as Kiryu actor Ryoma Takeuchi explains, the skipping back to the wannabe Dragon of Dojima’s early life in Kamurocho is crucial to understanding the growth of the Prime Video series' cast of characters.

"Depicting these characters in their childhood in 1995 in the drama was a very important element," Takeuchi told GamesRadar+ (via translation).

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