Like a Dragon: Yakuza

To be honest, if they had approached this like Judgment-setting it in the same universe but with new characters and a new story-I wouldn't dislike this series nearly as much. The cast for this show was very promising, all actors were prolific actors, the Director directed 100 yen Love and Naked Director.

The main issue is that they took characters from the original game, dumbed down their motives, and completely missed the mark. During an interview the director confessed that he wanted to create something more than the game, he ask everyone in the cast to not play the game beforehand. He wanted to make something that is favorable by audience that are not familiar with the game. Hence the second title "beyond the game"

It's clear that they don't grasp the depth and complexity of the Yakuza game, and because of that, they've created something that is shallow compare to the source material, yet they seem to believe they've somehow surpassed the source material.