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==Details==
 
==Details==
 
*'''Title:''' マチベン
 
*'''Title:''' マチベン
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===Synopsis===
 
===Synopsis===
 
The drama portrays four lawyers at a small law firm struggling with the questions of what justice is and what it means to save people. Ryoko Amachi is an attorney who has once worked as a prosecutor. With the other three lawyers at the same firm, she tackles outdated laws and the public that criticizes the weak, and fights with prosecutors over a truth. Eventually, Ryoko faces up to the case of alleged false accusation in which she was involved as a prosecutor.
 
The drama portrays four lawyers at a small law firm struggling with the questions of what justice is and what it means to save people. Ryoko Amachi is an attorney who has once worked as a prosecutor. With the other three lawyers at the same firm, she tackles outdated laws and the public that criticizes the weak, and fights with prosecutors over a truth. Eventually, Ryoko faces up to the case of alleged false accusation in which she was involved as a prosecutor.
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===User/Viewer Ratings===
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===Cast===
 
===Cast===
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*[[Iwata Sayuri]]
 
*[[Iwata Sayuri]]
 
*[[Itaya Yuka]]
 
*[[Itaya Yuka]]
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*[[Kino Hana]] as Principal Morioka
 
*[[Matsuda Miyuki]] (ep1)
 
*[[Matsuda Miyuki]] (ep1)
 
*[[Matsuyama Kenichi]] (ep1)
 
*[[Matsuyama Kenichi]] (ep1)
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*[[Tanimura Mitsuki]] (ep5)
 
*[[Tanimura Mitsuki]] (ep5)
 
*[[Takuma Takayuki]]
 
*[[Takuma Takayuki]]
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*[[Marie]] as Hashimoto
  
 
===Production Credits===
 
===Production Credits===
*'''Scenario:''' [[Inoue Yumiko]]
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*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Inoue Yumiko]]
*'''Music:''' 吉俣良
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*'''Music:''' [[Yoshimata Ryo]]
  
 
===Episode Ratings===
 
===Episode Ratings===
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===Awards===
 
===Awards===
*49th Television Drama Academy Awards : Best Script
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*49th [[Television Drama Academy Awards]]: Best Script
  
 
==Season 2==
 
==Season 2==
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*[[Aso Yumi]] as Tokunaga's wife
 
*[[Aso Yumi]] as Tokunaga's wife
 
*[[Sakashita Chiriko]] as Yuki
 
*[[Sakashita Chiriko]] as Yuki
*[[Iinuma Chieko]] (飯沼千恵子) as Miho
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*[[Iinuma Chieko]] as Miho
  
 
====Guests====
 
====Guests====
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*[[Kohinata Fumiyo]] as Kawabata Hitoshi (ep1-2)
 
*[[Kohinata Fumiyo]] as Kawabata Hitoshi (ep1-2)
 
*[[Tsurumi Shingo]] as Doi Takeshi (ep1-2)
 
*[[Tsurumi Shingo]] as Doi Takeshi (ep1-2)
*[[Kouyama Shigeru]] as Doi Ichizo (ep1-2)
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*[[Koyama Shigeru]] as Doi Ichizo (ep1-2)
 
*[[Shinjitsu Ichiro]] (真実一路) as Reporter Takizawa (ep1,4,6)
 
*[[Shinjitsu Ichiro]] (真実一路) as Reporter Takizawa (ep1,4,6)
*[[Miyashita Yuji]] (宮下裕治) as Attorney Ootomi (ep1-2)
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*[[Miyashita Yuji]] as Attorney Ootomi (ep1-2)
*[[Fujita Sokyu]] (藤田宗久) as head of the legal training center (ep1)
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*[[Fujita Sokyu]] as head of the legal training center (ep1)
*[[Matsuzawa Kazuyuki]] (松澤一之) as the policeman (ep1)
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*[[Matsuzawa Kazuyuki]] as the policeman (ep1)
*[[Era Jun]] (江良潤) as Detective Kinoshita (ep1)
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*[[Era Jun]] as Detective Kinoshita (ep1)
 
*[[Onda Ai]] (恩田愛) as Kawabata Haruka (ep2)
 
*[[Onda Ai]] (恩田愛) as Kawabata Haruka (ep2)
 
*[[Tozawa Yusuke]] (戸沢佑介) as the Mammoth Electric employee (ep2)
 
*[[Tozawa Yusuke]] (戸沢佑介) as the Mammoth Electric employee (ep2)
*[[Sakaguchi Shinya]] (坂口進也) as the Mammoth Electric employee (ep2)
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*[[Sakaguchi Shinya]] as the Mammoth Electric employee (ep2)
*[[Natori Yukimasa]] (名取幸政) as the Mammoth Electric employee (ep2)
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*[[Natori Yukimasa]] as the Mammoth Electric employee (ep2)
 
*[[Takahashi Yumiko]] as Yonemura Maria (ep3)
 
*[[Takahashi Yumiko]] as Yonemura Maria (ep3)
 
*[[Izumisawa Yuuki]] as Yonemura Daichi (ep3)
 
*[[Izumisawa Yuuki]] as Yonemura Daichi (ep3)
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*[[Yoshimi Kazutoyo]] (吉見一豊) as the child consultation officer (ep3)
 
*[[Yoshimi Kazutoyo]] (吉見一豊) as the child consultation officer (ep3)
 
*[[Nonomura Non]] (野々村のん) as the child consultation officer (ep3)
 
*[[Nonomura Non]] (野々村のん) as the child consultation officer (ep3)
*[[Kasuga Junya]] (春日潤也) as Sakamoto Eita (ep3)
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*[[Kasuga Junya]] as Sakamoto Eita (ep3)
 
*[[Takabayashi Yukiko]] as the judge (ep3)
 
*[[Takabayashi Yukiko]] as the judge (ep3)
 
*[[Nakahira Yoshio]] (中平良夫) as the judge (ep3)
 
*[[Nakahira Yoshio]] (中平良夫) as the judge (ep3)
*[[Itao Itsuji]] (板尾創路) as Nagahata Kazunari (ep4)
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*[[Itao Itsuji]] as Nagahata Kazunari (ep4)
 
*[[Maro Akaji]] as the homeless man (ep4)
 
*[[Maro Akaji]] as the homeless man (ep4)
 
*[[Ezawa Moeko]] as Nagahata Atsuko (ep4)
 
*[[Ezawa Moeko]] as Nagahata Atsuko (ep4)
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*[[Jaguar Yokota]] (ジャガー横田) as the tipster (ep4)
 
*[[Jaguar Yokota]] (ジャガー横田) as the tipster (ep4)
 
*[[Otaka Hiroo]] as the judge (ep4)
 
*[[Otaka Hiroo]] as the judge (ep4)
*[[Okuda Tatsuhito]] (奥田達士) as the prison guard (ep4)
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*[[Okuda Tatsuhito]] as the prison guard (ep4)
*[[Ueda Koichi]] (上田耕一) as Otaki Masanobu (ep5-6)
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*[[Ueda Koichi]] as Otaki Masanobu (ep5-6)
 
*[[Tsumura Takashi]] (津村鷹志) as the vice principal (ep5-6)
 
*[[Tsumura Takashi]] (津村鷹志) as the vice principal (ep5-6)
*[[Shimizu Yutaka]] (清水優) as Sugiyama Masato (ep5-6)
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*[[Shimizu Yutaka]] as Sugiyama Masato (ep5-6)
 
*[[Hiraguri Atsumi]] (平栗あつみ) as Sugiyama Shinobu (ep5-6)
 
*[[Hiraguri Atsumi]] (平栗あつみ) as Sugiyama Shinobu (ep5-6)
 
*[[Urabe Fusako]] (占部房子) as Reporter Kawamura (ep5)
 
*[[Urabe Fusako]] (占部房子) as Reporter Kawamura (ep5)
*[[Tomikawa Kazuhito]] (富川一人) as Isoda (ep5-6)
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*[[Tomikawa Kazuhito]] as Isoda (ep5-6)
 
*[[Kawano Naoki]] as Yamauchi (ep5-6)
 
*[[Kawano Naoki]] as Yamauchi (ep5-6)
 
*[[Nomoto Gakuji]] (野元学二) as a teacher (ep5-6)
 
*[[Nomoto Gakuji]] (野元学二) as a teacher (ep5-6)
 
*[[Yagishita Kiri]] (柳下季里) as a teacher (ep5-6)
 
*[[Yagishita Kiri]] (柳下季里) as a teacher (ep5-6)
*[[Kosugi Yukihiko]] (小杉幸彦) as a teacher (ep5-6)
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*[[Kosugi Yukihiko]] as a teacher (ep5-6)
 
*[[Suga Tomoyuki]] (須賀友之) as a teacher (ep5-6)
 
*[[Suga Tomoyuki]] (須賀友之) as a teacher (ep5-6)
*[[Yamagami Kenji]] (山上賢治) as a reporter (ep5)
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*[[Yamagami Kenji]] as a reporter (ep5)
 
*[[Inomata Hideto]] (猪岐英人) as a reporter (ep5)
 
*[[Inomata Hideto]] (猪岐英人) as a reporter (ep5)
 
*[[Masaki Hikaru]] (正希光) as a reporter (ep5)
 
*[[Masaki Hikaru]] (正希光) as a reporter (ep5)
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*'''Executive producers:''' [[Zeniya Masayoshi]] (銭谷雅義), [[Shirotani Atsushi]] (城谷厚司)
 
*'''Executive producers:''' [[Zeniya Masayoshi]] (銭谷雅義), [[Shirotani Atsushi]] (城谷厚司)
 
*'''Director:''' [[Mayuzumi Rintaro]] (黛りんたろう) (ep1-2,6), [[Kobayashi Takeshi]] (小林武) (ep3,5), [[Umibe Kiyoshi]] (海辺潔) (ep4)
 
*'''Director:''' [[Mayuzumi Rintaro]] (黛りんたろう) (ep1-2,6), [[Kobayashi Takeshi]] (小林武) (ep3,5), [[Umibe Kiyoshi]] (海辺潔) (ep4)
*'''Music:''' [[Sumitomo Norihito]] (住友紀人)
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*'''Music:''' [[Sumitomo Norihito]]
  
 
===Episode Titles===
 
===Episode Titles===
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[[Category:Legal]]

Latest revision as of 15:04, 26 August 2026

Details

  • Title: マチベン
  • Title (romaji): Machiben
  • Also known as: The Street Lawyers
  • Genre: Legal
  • Broadcast network: NHK

Season 1

Machiben Season 1
  • Episodes: 6
  • Air time: Saturday 21:00-21:58
  • Broadcast period: 2006-Apr-08 to 2006-May-13
  • Theme song: Eien by EXILE

Synopsis

The drama portrays four lawyers at a small law firm struggling with the questions of what justice is and what it means to save people. Ryoko Amachi is an attorney who has once worked as a prosecutor. With the other three lawyers at the same firm, she tackles outdated laws and the public that criticizes the weak, and fights with prosecutors over a truth. Eventually, Ryoko faces up to the case of alleged false accusation in which she was involved as a prosecutor.

User/Viewer Ratings

0.00
(0 votes)

Cast

Production Credits

Episode Ratings

  • Ep 01: 08.0%
  • Ep 02: 07.3%
  • Ep 03: 06.4%
  • Ep 04: 06.6%

Awards

Season 2

Shin Machiben
  • Title: 新マチベン
  • Title (romaji): Shin Machiben
  • Also known as: New Machiben / Machiben 2
  • Tagline: ~オトナの出番~ / Otona no Deban
  • Episodes: 6
  • Viewership rating: 9.6 (Kanto)
  • Broadcast period: 2007-Jun-30 to 2007-Aug-04
  • Air time: Saturday 21:00 to 21:58
  • Theme song: Somewhere Sometime by Ueda Masaki

Synopsis

This season is about men in their 60s, who strike out on a new career path as attorneys halfway through life. Tokunaga Gentaro, a 60-year-old who has retired a newspaper company, decides to live the rest of his life as an attorney and passes the bar exam. At the legal training center, he meets two men of his age who have the same dream, and opens a law firm with them. The middle-aged novice attorneys with different backgrounds and life experiences encounter various clients and struggle together.

Cast

Guests


Production Credits

Episode Titles

  • Ep. 01: A Beginning Lawyer at 60
  • Ep. 02: A Beauty with a Vendetta
  • Ep. 03: Can You Abandon Your Parents?
  • Ep. 04: The Nameless Client
  • Ep. 05: The Truth about the Bomb Threat Email
  • Ep. 06: A Silent Message

Episode Ratings

Episode Kanto Kansai Nationwide
01 11.0 ??.? ??.?
02 09.9 ??.? ??.?
03 08.6 ??.? ??.?
04 10.0 ??.? ??.?
05 10.8 ??.? ??.?
06 07.6 ??.? ??.?

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

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