Junichi Okada juggles many roles, from actor to producer to action choreographer in the new Netflix drama. The last samurai standing.
Critics, who praised the show, especially praised the series’ fight scenes.
About them, the creative behind them tells THR“As an actor [and fight choreographer]”It’s very important to work on the choreography and the whole structure of those movements, and having that element really contributes to the construction of the character.”
And he continues: “I value thinking about the concept of the character and conveying it through action choreography. For example, there is a female character called Iroha. [Kaya Kiyohara]you know she’s a woman, so she [may not be that] powerful.”
“In his fights, in his fight choreography, there is an element of yin and yang, like what is apparent and what is not. There are movements, for example, when he puts a bait, but then he actually has a different real and planned action,” says the producer.
“So those are the things that I really, carefully, thought about and prepared.”
“Another example [with Iroha]”When she’s fighting a very physically large male, it’s impossible for her to fight equally, so we have to think about what would be realistic and how she could achieve that.”
“You have to think about being consistent and you have to think about mixing the right concept, and we took the utmost care [to that]”Junichi concludes.
He The last samurai standing is streaming on Netflix.
