A follow-up to the 2015 Akagi TV drama starring Kanata Hongō as the titular genius mahjong player, Shigeru Akagi, the new series will consist of five 60 minute episodes.
Like the 2015 TV drama, the new series is directed and produced by Hitoshi Iwamoto and Mitsuru Kubota and features screenplays by Mitsuru Tanabe.
The genius who descended into the darkness is returning to Japanese airwaves, because a new live-action TV drama based on Nobuyuki Fukumoto’s high-stakes gambling manga Akagi is heading to BS SKY PerfecTV! in October of 2017.