Japanese heart throb-turned-tough guy Junichi Okada hopes to have a global hit on his hands with the upcoming Netflix tentpole Last Samauri Standing , and the formula he believes will work is a combination of contemporary aesthetics with a healthy dose of old school action.

Speaking on the sidelines of this week’s 30 th Busan International Film Festival , Okada — a veteran now of two decades in cinema — explained that the aim was to produce Japanese period drama and action that “speaks to the new generation.”

“I was thinking about how I could deliver this, and what I had in mind was taking traditional elements, the intrinsic parts, the basics [of martial arts], but we encapsulate them in stories and characters for the younger generation,” says Okada. “We wanted to look into how p

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