Hero (2007)

Original title

HERO

Directed by

Masayuki Suzuki

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 10m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows a prosecutor named Kuryu as he handles a case that unfolds mostly inside a courtroom. It brings back the main cast from the popular TV series and their colleagues five years later.

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What happens

Hero is a 2007 Japanese feature film based on the 2001 Japanese TV series of the same name. The original series spawned a 2-hour TV special in 2006 which followed the main character, Kuryu, five years later. That special sets up the lead-in for the 2007 feature film. The all-star cast of this film includes the original cast from the TV series; cameos by Ayase Haruka and Nakai Kiichi (from the 2006 special), as well as guests Koshiro Matsumoto, Tamori, and special guest, Korean star Lee Byung-hun. This film mainly portrays the events that occurs in the courtroom, which was rarely done in the TV series. The region-2 DVD (Korean subtitles version also available) was released on March 8, 2008 by Pony Canyon. A sequel feature film, also titled Hero, was released in theatres in July 2015. The film follows Kuryu and the cast of the 2014 TV Series and features the return of Amamiya, who was inexplicably absent from the second TV series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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