Hero

Hero

130 mins | Mystery | Sept. 8, 2007

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.

Hero

130 mins | Mystery | Sept. 8, 2007

Hero
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers
Original title HERO
Directors Masayuki Suzuki
Writers Yasushi Fukuda

Cast

Takuya Kimura

as Kohei Kuryu

Takako Matsu

as Maiko Amamiya

Nene Otsuka

as Misuzu Nakamura

Hiroshi Abe

as Mitsugu Shibayama

Masanobu Katsumura

as Tatsuo Egami

Fumiyo Kohinata

as Takayuki Suitsugu

Norito Yashima

as Kenji Endo

Takuzô Kadono

as Yutaka Ushimaru

Kiichi Nakai

as Akihiko Takida

Lee Byung-hun

as Kang

Kōshirō Matsumoto

as Issei Gamo

Teruyuki Kagawa

as Yusaku Mayuzumi

Haruka Ayase

as Ririko Izumiya

Arata Furuta

as Shuji Gouda

Renji Ishibashi

as Masahiro Oyabu

Ittoku Kishibe

as Kaoru Kayama

Ryoko Kuninaka

as Megumi Matsumoto

Yoji Tanaka

as Master

Kazuki Namioka

as Keisuke Umebayashi

Sawa Suzuki

as Misa Kurokawa

Masayuki Itô

as Yuzo Kawashima

Kiyoshi Kodama

as Toshimitsu Nabeshima

Bokuzo Masana

as Shuji Ido

Hidekazu Mashima

as Katsuhiko Higashiyama

Kaoru Okunuki

as Ryoko Shibayama

Tamori

as Renzaburo Hanaoka

Megumi

as