Details
Title: マチベン
Title (romaji): Machiben
Also known as: The Street Lawyers
Genre: Legal
Broadcast network: NHK
Season 1
Episodes: 6
Air time: Saturday 21:00-21:58
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 With the other three lawyers at the same firm, she tackles outdated laws and the public that criticizes the weak, and fights with prosecutors over a truth.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)
Takuma Takayuki
Marie as Hashimoto
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Inoue Yumiko
Music: Yoshimata Ryo
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
Machiben
