Hero
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Renzoku Series
Details
- 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, played by Kimura Takuya, is a former juvenile delinquent that 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.
Matsu Takako plays the role of public prosecutor Maiko Amamiya. The shrewd Amamiya, who has her eyes set on passing the exam to become a deputy prosecutor, 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
A quirky and often outrageous comedy. Besides the various criminal cases Kuryu solves without fear or fervor, this drama is also memorable for Kuryu's addiction to the cheesy mail-order program "Luigi's Online Shop" and its products, such as different models of exercise equipment. After work, the prosecutors frequent a bar called "St. George's Tavern"; its laconic owner is seemingly able to produce any type of food or drink ordered, with a cheery "Aru yo!" ("yes, we have it"). -Lzydata
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
- Episode 2
- Kouyama Shigeru
- Oshiba Kunihiko (大柴邦彦)
- Nakagoshi Noriko
- Hayami Akira (速水亮)
- Episode 3
- Episode 4
- Ukaji Takashi
- Kitayama Masayasu (北山雅康)
- Kajihara Zen
- Morishita Ryoko (森下涼子)
- Episode 5
- Episode 6
- Masu Takeshi
- Murai Katsuyuki (村井克行)
- Episode 7
- Episode 8
- Iijima Naoko
- Utada Hikaru as the waitress
- Tayama Ryosei
- Kinouchi Akiko
- Episode 9
- Episode 10
- Episode 11
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Fukuda Yasushi, Ootake Ken (大竹研), Hata Takehiko, Tanabe Mitsuru (田邊滿)
- Producer: Ishihara Takashi (石原隆), Wada Ko (和田行)
- Director: Sawada Kensaku, Suzuki Masayuki, Hirano Shin, Kamon Ikuo (加門幾生)
- Music: Hattori Takayuki (服部隆之)
Episode Information
| Episode | Subtitle (English) | Rating (Kanto) |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Encounter from hell | 33.4% |
| 02 | The two now gone | 30.8% |
| 03 | The crime called love | 30.8% |
| 04 | What he taught me | 30.7% |
| 05 | A night alone together | 34.9% |
| 06 | Her most prized possession | 36.1% |
| 07 | I'm glad I had the chance to meet you | 34.5% |
| 08 | A woman who knows the past | 36.8% |
| 09 | I'll always be with you | 34.4% |
| 10 | A hint of farewell | 35.1% |
| 11 | The final incident | 36.8% |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
Special
Details
- Title: Hero
- Format: SP
- Viewership rating: 30.9%
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
- Broadcast period: 2006-Jul-3
- Air time: Monday 21:00 to 23:18
Synopsis
Five years after leaving Josai bureau, Kuryu Kohei (Kimura), who has been working in Sapporo, Hokkaido, is transferred to Nijigaura, Yamaguchi (a fictious town, its real name is Nijigahama), a quiet place on the seaside where he arrives precisely when the first murder in eleven years has been committed. Soon, Takita Akihiko (Nakai), the most beloved and influent person of the town, is suspected and Kuryu has to deal with this problem, as the other members are too frightened to take any action.
A SP in which the atmosphere of the renzoku series is kept, even though the cast has been almost entirely replaced. The fact that the story is located in the countryside gives the little bit of originality this episode needed. And it is with great pleasure that we meet again several characters of the renzoku series who make an apparition as guests.
Cast
- Kimura Takuya as Kuryu Kohei
- Tsutsumi Shinichi as Tsugaru Yasushi
- Ayase Haruka as Izumitani Ririko
- Suzuki Kosuke as Murakami Kentaro
- Bengaru as Komori Takuro
- Shiomi Sansei as Nishiyama Goichi
- Nakai Kiichi as Takita Akihiko
- Tezuka Satomi as Furukoshi Hiroko
- Suzuki Taku (鈴木拓) as Teramoto Atsushi
- Ishibashi Renji as Oyabu Masahiro
- Sato Jiro
- Tanaka Yoji as the bartender
- Iijima Naoko as Tatsumi Eriko
- Matsu Takako as Amamiya Maiko
- Otsuka Nene as Nakamura Misuzu
- Katsumura Masanobu as Egami Tatsuo
- Kohinata Fumiyo as Suetsugu Takayuki
- Yashima Norito as Endo Kenji
- Abe Hiroshi as Shibayama Mitsugu
- Kadono Takuzo as Ushimaru Yutaka
- Kodama Kiyoshi as Nabeshima Toshimitsu
- Yoshino Kimika
- Masana Bokuzo
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Fukuda Yasushi
- Producer: Suzuki Yoshihiro, Makino Tadashi
- Director: Sawada Kensaku
- Music: Hattori Takayuki
Trivia
- On 2007-Sep-8, a new HERO movie was released with all the original cast from HERO (2001) involved.