Killing for the Prosecution

Aug 24, 2018

2h 4m

★ 6.3

Overview

Young public prosecutor Keiichiro Okino is assigned to the department of the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office that deals with violent cases, where he will work with Takeshi Mogami, whom he admires. When a money lender is killed and it is suspected that someone from Mogami’s past is the perpetrator, the team prepares to do his best in order to prove the alleged criminal’s guilt.

Genres

Mystery

Drama

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

TOHO

J Storm

Toho Pictures

Killing for the Prosecution Trailers

Cast

Takeshi Mogami

Takuya Kimura

Keiichiro Okino

Kazunari Ninomiya

Saho Tachibana

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Toshinari Suwabe

Yutaka Matsushige

Kazuki Tanno

Takehiro Hira

Seiji Odajima

Norito Yashima

Shiro Yumioka

Koji Ohkura

Yuma Shirakawa

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Nanako Mogami

Hirona Yamazaki

Susumu Takashima

Kenichi Yajima

Sakurako

Midoriko Kimura

Driver

Sei Ashina

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