Hero

Sep 8, 2007

2h 10m

★ 6.6

Overview

After six years away, D.A. Kuryu Kohei (Kimura Takuya) returns to his former Josai branch of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, just in time for a brewing storm. Kohei's first case starts out simple enough. The suspect, a blonde-haired security guard, had already confessed to manslaughter, but he suddenly retracts his confession and takes things to court with big-shot defense attorney Gamo (Matsumoto Koshiro). It turns out that the security guard is a key alibi witness in a high-profile political corruption case, and the results of his case will directly affect the next. With the media, politicians, and a special investigative team breathing down his back, Kohei must handle the case with care (and flair) to find out the truth.

Genres

Mystery

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Cast

Kohei Kuryu / 久利生公平

Takuya Kimura

Maiko Amamiya / 雨宮舞子

Takako Matsu

Misuzu Nakamura / 中村美鈴

Nene Otsuka

Mitsugu Shibayama / 芝山貢

Hiroshi Abe

Tatsuo Egami / 江上達夫

Masanobu Katsumura

Takayuki Suetsugu / 末次隆之

Fumiyo Kohinata

Kenji Endo / 遠藤賢司

Norito Yashima

Yutaka Ushimaru / 牛丸豊

Takuzo Kadono

Akihiko Takida

Kiichi Nakai

Kang

Lee Byung-hun

Issei Gamo

Matsumoto Hakuō II

Yusaku Mayuzumi

Teruyuki Kagawa

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