Machiben
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Details
- Title: マチベン
- Title (romaji): Machiben
- Also known as: The Street Lawyers
- Episodes: 6
- Genre:
- Air time: Saturday 21:00-21:58
- Broadcast network: NHK
- 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 With the other three lawyers at the same firm, she tackles outdated laws and the public that criticizes the weak, and fights with prosecutors over a truth.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
- Esumi Makiko
- Yamamoto Koji
- Sawada Kenji
- Nakajima Tomoko
- Kobayashi Takashi
- Sawamura Ikki
- Yamamoto Kei
- Ryu Raita
- Yuki Saya
- Iwata Sayuri
- Itaya Yuka
- Matsuda Miyuki (ep1)
- Matsuyama Kenichi (ep1)
- Ohkura Koji (ep2)
- Okunuki Kaoru (ep2)
- Wakamura Mayumi (ep3)
- Ito Kazue (ep3)
- Kishibe Ittoku (ep4)
- Harada Natsuki (ep4)
- Tanimura Mitsuki (ep5)
Production Credits
- Scenario: Inoue Yumiko
- Music: 吉俣良
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