Netflix Confirms Sanctuary Season 2 With Wataru Ichinose Returning
Netflix is committing to a second chapter of a sumo drama whose first season reached the Top 10 in more than 50 countries and regions, keeping the lead and the two people who built the story rather than restarting it.
Reporting from 1 source: Cinema Today.
Netflix has confirmed a second season of Sanctuary -Seiiki-, the sumo drama about Kiyoshi Ose (Wataru Ichinose), a delinquent pushed into the professional sumo world as the wrestler Sakura. Ichinose returns as lead, with director Kan Eguchi and screenwriter Tomoki Kanazawa also back. Season 1 streamed in 2023 and reached the Top 10 in more than 50 countries and regions, according to the production. No streaming date was given.
The cast and staff come back unchanged: Ichinose as the delinquent-turned-wrestler, Eguchi directing, Kanazawa writing. Ichinose said in a comment that he had been eager for a sequel but was still scared to return, and called making the show a matter of resolve. Eguchi said the team is going for more power in the visuals and more intensity in the drama.
The announcement gives no premiere date and does not specify a returning wider cast. Season 1 streamed in 2023.
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