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*[[Ishizaka Koji]] as Sakaida Haruki
 
*[[Ishizaka Koji]] as Sakaida Haruki
 
*[[Chii Takeo]] as Okamura Shigekatsu
 
*[[Chii Takeo]] as Okamura Shigekatsu
*[[Tomosaka Rie]] as Tokunaga Nao (vocal)
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*[[Tomosaka Rie]] as Tokunaga Nao
 
*[[Aso Yumi]] as Tokunaga's wife
 
*[[Aso Yumi]] as Tokunaga's wife
 
*[[Sakashita Chiriko]] as Yuki
 
*[[Sakashita Chiriko]] as Yuki
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*[[Tsurumi Shingo]] as Doi Takeshi (ep1-2)
 
*[[Tsurumi Shingo]] as Doi Takeshi (ep1-2)
 
*[[Kouyama Shigeru]] as Doi Ichizo (ep1-2)
 
*[[Kouyama Shigeru]] as Doi Ichizo (ep1-2)
*[[Shinjitsu Ichiro]] (真実一路) as Reporter Takizawa (ep1,4)
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*[[Shinjitsu Ichiro]] (真実一路) as Reporter Takizawa (ep1,4,6)
 
*[[Miyashita Yuji]] (宮下裕治) as Attorney Ootomi (ep1-2)
 
*[[Miyashita Yuji]] (宮下裕治) as Attorney Ootomi (ep1-2)
 
*[[Fujita Sokyu]] (藤田宗久) as head of the legal training center (ep1)
 
*[[Fujita Sokyu]] (藤田宗久) as head of the legal training center (ep1)
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*[[Itao Itsuji]] (板尾創路) as Nagahata Kazunari (ep4)
 
*[[Itao Itsuji]] (板尾創路) as Nagahata Kazunari (ep4)
 
*[[Maro Akaji]] as the homeless man (ep4)
 
*[[Maro Akaji]] as the homeless man (ep4)
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*[[Ezawa Moeko]] as Nagahata Atsuko (ep4)
 
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*[[Ezawa Moeko]] as Nagahata Atsuko (ep4)
 
 
*[[Ishida Taro]] as Kuramochi Kensaku (ep4)
 
*[[Ishida Taro]] as Kuramochi Kensaku (ep4)
 
*[[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)
 
*[[Okuda Tatsuhito]] (奥田達士) as the prison guard (ep4)
*[[Ueda Koichi]] (上田耕一) as Otaki Masanobu (ep5)
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*[[Ueda Koichi]] (上田耕一) as Otaki Masanobu (ep5-6)
*[[Tsumura Takashi]] (津村鷹志) as the vice principal (ep5)
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*[[Tsumura Takashi]] (津村鷹志) as the vice principal (ep5-6)
*[[Shimizu Yutaka]] (清水優) as Sugiyama Masato (ep5)
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*[[Shimizu Yutaka]] (清水優) as Sugiyama Masato (ep5-6)
*[[Hiraguri Atsumi]] (平栗あつみ) as Sugiyama Shinobu (ep5)
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*[[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)
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*[[Tomikawa Kazuhito]] (富川一人) as Isoda (ep5-6)
*[[Kawano Naoki]] as Yamauchi (ep5)
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*[[Kawano Naoki]] as Yamauchi (ep5-6)
*[[Nomoto Gakuji]] (野元学二) as a teacher (ep5)
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*[[Nomoto Gakuji]] (野元学二) as a teacher (ep5-6)
*[[Yagishita Kiri]] (柳下季里) as a teacher (ep5)
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*[[Yagishita Kiri]] (柳下季里) as a teacher (ep5-6)
*[[Kosugi Yukihiko]] (小杉幸彦) as a teacher (ep5)
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*[[Kosugi Yukihiko]] (小杉幸彦) as a teacher (ep5-6)
*[[Suga Tomoyuki]] (須賀友之) as a teacher (ep5)
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*[[Suga Tomoyuki]] (須賀友之) as a teacher (ep5-6)
 
*[[Yamagami Kenji]] (山上賢治) as a reporter (ep5)
 
*[[Yamagami Kenji]] (山上賢治) as a reporter (ep5)
 
*[[Inomata Hideto]] (猪岐英人) as a reporter (ep5)
 
*[[Inomata Hideto]] (猪岐英人) as a reporter (ep5)
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*[[Watanabe Taeko]] (渡辺妙子) as a reporter (ep5)
 
*[[Watanabe Taeko]] (渡辺妙子) as a reporter (ep5)
 
*[[Miura Kiyomitsu]] (三浦清光) as a reporter (ep5)
 
*[[Miura Kiyomitsu]] (三浦清光) as a reporter (ep5)
*[[Muroi Shigeru]] as Shinjo Satomi (ep5)
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*[[Muroi Shigeru]] as Shinjo Satomi (ep5-6)
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*[[Akima Noboru]] (秋間登) as the judge (ep6)
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*[[Matsuo Norio]] (松井範雄) as a detective (ep6)
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*[[Shimizu Shin]] as a detective (ep6)
 
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*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Inoue Yumiko]]
 
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Inoue Yumiko]]
 
*'''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), [[Kobayashi Takeshi]] (小林武) (ep3,5), [[Umibe Kiyoshi]] (海辺潔) (ep4)
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*'''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)
 
*'''Music:''' [[Sumitomo Norihito]] (住友紀人)
  

Revision as of 21:23, 8 August 2007

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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.

Cast

Production Credits

Episode Ratings

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

Awards

  • 49th Television Drama Academy Awards : Best Script

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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