Netflix just released the first teaser for their new Last Samurai Standing series that promises to be the streamer’s answer to Shogun as an awesome historical drama. All about Last Samurai StandingBased on Shogo Imamura’s award-winning Ikusagami novels, Last Samurai Standing is set in the Meiji period of the late 19th century. The official synopsis reads:“Set in the late 19th century during the Meiji period, Last Samurai Standing takes place at the Tenryuji Temple in Kyoto. Among them is our protagonist, Shujiro Saga (Junichi Okada), who enters this dangerous game with one goal: to save his ailing wife and child.”Last Samurai Standing on Netflix. And having Junichi Okada in the lead role was a dream come true, as I had envisioned him as Shujiro while writing,” Imamura stated.