Details
Title: ホカベン
Title (romaji): Hokaben
Also known as: Hokaben - Case Files of a Rookie Lawyer
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Law, human drama
Episodes: 10
Viewership rating: 8.1 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-16 to 2008-Jun
Air time: Wednesday 22:00
Theme song: Namida wo Todokete by Tortoise Matsumoto (トータス松本)
Synopsis
Domoto Akari is a rookie attorney, so-called "Hokaben," a hot lawyer just out of the oven. Sugisaki Tadashi is her boss at the big law firm, but he has lost his passion for work, and is as cool as ice. These two meet as the only two attorneys at the Pro Bono (For Public Good) section, which the firm created to fulfill their social service obligation.
The law will protect the weak---rookie attorney Akari still believes in the idealistic dream.
The law will not protect the weak, and it can even be a weapon to kill people---experienced Sugisaki has seen the limit of the law.
Clients after clients looking for saviors come to them for help, but the realities in front of them are too harsh to face. Will they give up or will they face the reality and fight? --NTV
Cast
Ueto Aya as Domoto Akari
Kitamura Kazuki as Sugisaki Tadashi
Kato Shigeaki as Katase Riichiro
Toda Naho as Kuramoto Shiori
Sasai Eisuke as Zaitsu Masato
Nakayama Megumi as Yoshikawa Mizuho
Ryo as Kudo Reiko
Kato Kazuko as Domoto Miyoko
Osugi Ren as Morioka Tetsuo
Production Credits
Original writing (manga): Hokaben by Nakajima Hiroyuki (中嶋博行)
Screenwriters: Aso Kumiko (阿相クミコ), Hamada Hideya (浜田秀哉), Marumo Amane (丸茂周)
Producers: Yamamoto Yoshio (山本由緒), Koizumi Mamoru (小泉守)
Director: Sakuma Noriyoshi (佐久間紀佳)
Music: Kaneko Takahiro (金子隆博)
