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 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
Guests
Episode 1
Shimizu Shogo
Sakai Toshiya
Episode 2
Kouyama Shigeru
Oshiba Kunihiko (大柴邦彦)
Nakagoshi Noriko
Hayami Akira (速水亮)
Episode 3
Moriguchi Yoko
Miyasako Hiroyuki
Episode 4
Ukaji Takashi
Kitayama Masayasu (北山雅康)
Kajihara Zen
Morishita Ryoko
Episode 5
Isoyama Sayaka
Sakurai Sachiko
Obara Masato (小原雅人)
Episode 6
Masu Takeshi
Murai Katsuyuki (村井克行)
Episode 7
Terada Minori
Ishimaru Kenjiro
Matsunaga Reiko (松永玲子)
Kaneda Akio
Miyata Sanae (宮田早苗)
Toji Takao
Sato Ryuta
Episode 8
Iijima Naoko
Utada Hikaru as the waitress
Tayama Ryosei
Kinouchi Akiko
Episode 9
Takahashi Katsumi
Aijima Kazuyuki
Ryo
Episode 10
Takahashi Issei
Hada Michiko
Anan Kenji
Umezawa Tomio
Episode 11
Shirai Akira
Konno Masato (今野雅人)
Asano Kazuyuki
Sasai Eisuke
Ogi Shigemitsu
Toda Keiko
Miura Tomokazu
Production Credits
Screenwriters: Fukuda Yasushi, Ootake Ken (大竹研), Hata Takehiko, Tanabe Mitsuru (田邊滿)
Producers: Ishihara Takashi, Wada Ko
Directors: Sawada Kensaku, Suzuki Masayuki, Hirano Shin, Kamon Ikuo (加門幾生)
Music: Hattori Takayuki
