Japanese Drama - Hero

Renzoku Series

* Title: Hero
* Episodes: 11
* Viewership rating: 34.03
* Broadcast network: Fuji TV
* Broadcast period: 2001-Jan-08 to 2001-Mar-19
* Air time: Monday 21:00
* Theme song: "Can You Keep a Secret?" by Utada Hikaru

Synopsis

Kohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent who drops out of junior high and goes on to earn a high school equivalency diploma. After passing the law board exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor. Not your typical prosecutor, which is quickly seen through the clothes that he wears, Kuryu possesses quick instincts and a kind of cleverness that only someone raised on the streets could have.

Maiko Amamiya is a shrewd public prosecutor who has her eyes set on passing the exam to become a deputy prosecutor and tries her best to be noticed by her boss. Kuryu, on the other hand, after earning a reputation for doing top-notch work, is transferred to Amamiya's division, and finally opens his eyes to the possibility of promotion. Unfortunately, his unprecedented work behavior abruptly brings things to a halt.

Although earning a reputation as a bad apple, the influence from Kuryu's strong pursuit of justice slowly begins to change things around him. This drama is filled with it all; love, laughs and lots of emotion. -- Fuji TV

Cast

* Kimura Takuya as Kuryu Kohei
* Matsu Takako as Amamiya Maiko
* Otsuka Nene as Nakamura Misuzu
* Abe Hiroshi as Shibayama Mitsugu
* Katsumura Masanobu as Egami Tatsuo
* Kohinata Fumiyo as Suetsugu Takayuki

* Yashima Norito as Endo Kenji
* Kadono Takuzo as Ushimaru Yutaka
* Kodama Kiyoshi as Nabeshima Toshimitsu
* Tanaka Yoji as the bartender
* Okayama Hajime as the policeman
* Masana Bokuzo

Guests

* Episode 1
o Shimizu Shogo
o Sakai Toshiya

* Episode 2
o Kouyama Shigeru
o Oshiba Kunihiko (大柴邦彦)
o Nakagoshi Noriko
o Hayami Akira (速水亮)

* Episode 3
o Moriguchi Yoko
o Miyasako Hiroyuki

* Episode 4
o Ukaji Takashi
o Kitayama Masayasu (北山雅康)
o Kajihara Zen
o Morishita Ryoko

* Episode 5
o Isoyama Sayaka
o Sakurai Sachiko
o Obara Masato (小原雅人)

* Episode 6
o Masu Takeshi
o Murai Katsuyuki (村井克行)

* Episode 7
o Terada Minori
o Ishimaru Kenjiro
o Matsunaga Reiko (松永玲子)
o Kaneda Akio
o Miyata Sanae (宮田早苗)
o Toji Takao
o Sato Ryuta

* Episode 8
o Iijima Naoko
o Utada Hikaru as the waitress
o Tayama Ryosei
o Kinouchi Akiko

* Episode 9
o Takahashi Katsumi
o Aijima Kazuyuki
o Ryo

* Episode 10
o Takahashi Issei
o Hada Michiko
o Anan Kenji
o Umezawa Tomio

* Episode 11
o Shirai Akira
o Konno Masato (今野雅人)
o Asano Kazuyuki
o Sasai Eisuke
o Ogi Shigemitsu
o Toda Keiko
o Miura Tomokazu

Production Credits

* Screenwriters: Fukuda Yasushi, Ootake Ken (大竹研), Hata Takehiko, Tanabe Mitsuru (田邊滿)
* Producers: Ishihara Takashi, Wada Ko
* Directors: Sawada Kensaku, Suzuki Masayuki, Hirano Shin, Kamon Ikuo (加門幾生)
* Music: Hattori Takayuki

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