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Legal High (2012)

Legal High poster
Original title
リーガル・ハイ
Directed by
Jun'ichi Ishikawa
Genre
comedy television series, law, drama television series
Country
Japan
Length
2 seasons, 21 episodes
Rated
15
Rating
8.5 of 10 from 96 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A genius lawyer who never loses a case takes on a young lawyer who believes in justice. They work together on high profile lawsuits that test their opposing views on the law.

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What happens

Legal High (Japanese: リーガル・ハイ, Hepburn: Rīgaru Hai) is a Japanese television drama series written by Ryōta Kosawa. It was broadcast on Fuji TV from April 2012 to November 2014. The series is a legal drama that follows Kensuke Komikado (Masato Sakai), a shrewd lawyer who has never lost a lawsuit, and Machiko Mayuzumi (Yui Aragaki), an up-and-coming lawyer with a strong sense of justice. Legal High also starred Kotaro Satomi, Junnosuke Taguchi, Eiko Koike, Katsuhisa Namase, Masaki Okada, Haru Kuroki, Ryōko Hirosue, and Masato Yano. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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