Hero
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Details
- Title: Hero
- Genre: Legal, crime
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Season 1
- Format: Renzoku
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership rating: 34.03%
- 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
Guest Cast
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Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Fukuda Yasushi, Ootake Ken (大竹研), Hata Takehiko, Tanabe Mitsuru (田邊滿)
- Producer: Ishihara Takashi, Wada Ko
- Director: Sawada Kensaku, Suzuki Masayuki, Hirano Shin, Kamon Ikuo (加門幾生)
- Music: Hattori Takayuki
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
- Title: Hero
- Format: Tanpatsu
- Viewership rating: 30.9%
- Broadcast date: 2006-Jul-03
- Air time: Monday 21:00-23:18
Synopsis
Five years after leaving Josai bureau, Kuryu Kohei, who has been working in Sapporo, Hokkaido, is transferred to Nijigaura, Yamaguchi (a fictitious 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, 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
- Producers: Suzuki Yoshihiro, Makino Tadashi
- Director: Sawada Kensaku
- Music: Hattori Takayuki
Season 2
- Format: Renzoku
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership rating: 21.9%
- Broadcast period: 2014-Jul-14 to 2014-Sep-22
- Air time: Monday 21:00
Synopsis
Kiryuu Kohei has returned to the Josai branch of the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office which is now headed by Deputy Public Prosecutor Ushimaru Yutaka. Kiryuu’s new assistant is the dignified, beautiful but coarse Asagi Chika. --JDrama Weblog
Cast
- Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office
- Kimura Takuya as Kiryuu Kohei, Josai Branch Prosecutor
- Kitagawa Keiko as Asagi Chika, Josai Branch Secretary
- Sugimoto Tetta as Tamura Masashi, Josai Branch Prosecutor
- Hamada Gaku as Uno Daisuke, Josai Branch Prosecutor
- Masana Bokuzo as Ido Shuji, Josai Branch Secretary
- Yoshida Yo as Baba Reiko, Josai Branch Prosecutor
- Katsuya (勝矢) as Kosugi Keita, Josai Branch Security Guard
- Matsushige Yutaka as Kawajiri Kenzaburo, Josai Branch Prosecutor
- Yashima Norito as Endo Kenji, Josai Branch Secretary
- Kohinata Fumiyo as Suetsugu Takayuki, Josai Branch Secretary
- Kadono Takuzo as Ushimaru Yutaka, Josai Branch Headquarters Deputy Public Prosecutor
- St. Georges Tavern
- Tanaka Yoji as Tavern Master
- Guests
- Moriyama Naotaro as Onishi Yuji (ep1)
- Imai Tomohiko as Izakaya Owner (ep1)
- Tanabe Kenichiro (田鍋謙一郎) as Sakashita Yasuaki (ep1)
- Hotaru Yukijiro as police detective (ep1)
- Nakada Aki (中田有紀) as news caster (ep1)
- Sasaki Shozo (佐々木省三) (ep1)
- Takai Masanori (高井正憲) (ep1)
- Ota Maki (太田真希) (ep1)
- Kikuchi Toshihiro (菊池敏弘) (ep1)
- Kojima Koichi (ep1)
- Ohzeki Makoto (大関真) (ep1)
- Imata Taira (ep1)
- Komatsu Toshimasa (ep1)
- Kitazawa Riki (北沢力) (ep1-3)
- Adachi Gaku (ep1)
- Shoji Umeka (庄司宇芽香) (ep1)
- Akiba Chizuko (秋場千鶴子) (ep1)
- Igarashi Yuka (五十嵐由佳) (ep1-2)
- Miyauchi Junko (宮内順子) (ep1)
- Uenoyama Hiroshi (上野山浩) (ep1)
- Katsumura Masanobu as Egami Tatsuo (ep1)
- Okayama Hajime as police officer (ep2,4)
- Tanihara Shosuke as Sakurai Jotaro (ep2)
- Watanabe Tetsu as Det. Akama Yoshiro (ep2)
- Otani Eiko as Miyahara Shoko (ep2)
- Kanai Yuta as Azuma Takeo (ep2)
- Iwase Ryo (岩瀬亮) as Katsumata Daiki (ep2)
- Tate Misato as Ogi Harumi (ep2)
- Kikuchi Mika (ep2)
- Kubo Akira (ep2)
- Nonaka Takamitsu (ep2)
- Ishihara Atsumi (ep2)
- Sakata Teppei (坂田鉄平) as Okamoto Shinji (ep2)
- Aoi (ep2)
- Sueoka Izumi (末岡いずみ) (ep2)
- Matsunaga Yuriko (松長ゆり子) (ep2)
- Maeda Gin as Hasegawa Seiichi (ep3)
- Nishihara Aki as Kawanabe Ryoko (ep3)
- Hankai Kazuaki as Det. Kagaya Isao (ep3)
- Yamazaki Gakudai as Saeki Wataru (ep3)
- Yokozuka Shinnosuke (横塚真之介) (ep3)
- Sanada Mikiya (真田幹也) (ep3)
- Suda Kohaku as Hasegawa Airi (ep3)
- Komaki Hiromi (駒木宏美) as Kamogashira Mariko (ep3)
- Taira Miho (平未歩) (ep3)
- Koda Masumi (香田万春美) (ep3)
- Suizu Ako (水津亜子) (ep3)
- Nishimura Kazuhiko as Doigaki Jiro (ep4)
- Nukumizu Youichi as Koganezawa Katsuo (ep4)
- Abe Ryohei as Tobita Joji (ep4)
- Marutaka Manami as Kanako (ep4)
- Toku Hideki as Kuraishi Kengo (ep4)
- Otsuka Nene as Nakamura Misuzu (ep4)
- Arai Miu as Miku (ep5)
- Nakamura Yuri (ep7)
- Kobayashi Rino (ep7)
- Shirasu Jin (ep9)
- Kuroki Tatsuya (ep9)
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Fukuda Yasushi
- Producer: Watanabe Tsuneya (渡辺恒也)
- Directors: Suzuki Masayuki, Hirano Makoto (平野眞), Kanai Hiro
- Music: Hattori Takayuki
Episode Information
| Episode | Subtitle (English) | Rating (Kanto) |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Jewel robbery of aging verge beginning of a revival! Kuri students new legend in month 9 13 years | 26.5% |
| 02 | Mystery of lies and pervert enemy ... two of Kuri students VS hotshot lawyer! | 19.0% |
| 03 | Prosecutor crisis whereabouts combination of the elimination of truth? Do not apologize absolutely | 20.5% |
| 04 | 18.7% | |
| 05 | 21.0% | |
| 06 | 20.1% | |
| 07 | 19.0% | |
| 08 | 20.5% | |
| 09 | 20.2% | |
| 10 | 22.3% | |
| 11 | 22.9% | |
| Average | 21.3% | |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
Recognitions
- 18th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jul-Sept 2014): Best Drama
- 18th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jul-Sept 2014): Best Actor - Kimura Takuya
- 18th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jul-Sept 2014): Best Supporting Actor - Matsushige Yutaka
- 18th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jul-Sept 2014): Best Supporting Actress - Kitagawa Keiko
Notes
- On 2007-Sep-08, a HERO movie was released with all the original cast from HERO (2001) involved.
- On 2009-Nov-28, a remake of the TV Special was aired, including new scenes and footage.
- On 2015-Jul-18, a new HERO movie will be released starring Takuya Kimura, Kitagawa Keiko, Matsu Takako.[1]
- In imitation of Takuya's role as a rule-breaking prosecutor, law graduates changed their minds about their careers. Being a prosecutor became the hottest job, thereby beating the previous occupation of becoming a lawyer.
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