I Am a Hero

Apr 23, 2016

2h 6m

★ 7.5

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Overview

A man witnesses a fatal traffic accident on his way home from work, and the victim is clearly killed on impact. A moment later, when the corpse stands up and walks away, it could be a hallucination or something far more extraordinary.

Genres

Action

Horror

Drama

Production Companies

TOHO

avex pictures

Toho Pictures

Shogakukan

dentsu

WOWOW

Hakuhodo DY Media Partners

jeki

KDDI

Tokyo FM

Nippan Group Holdings

Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions

Hikari TV

GYAO

I Am a Hero Trailers

Cast

Hideo Suzuki

Yo Oizumi

Hiromi Hayakari

Kasumi Arimura

Nurse Yabu

Masami Nagasawa

Iura

Hisashi Yoshizawa

Sango

Yoshinori Okada

Abe

Yuu Tokui

Tekko

Nana Katase

Matsuo

Makita Sports

Mitani

Muga Tsukaji

Nakata Korori

Jin Katagiri

Chikura

Toru Kazama

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