Hero is a 2015 Japanese mystery comedy-drama film directed by Masayuki Suzuki (ja) and based on the Japanese television drama series of the same name. It was released on July 18, 2015.
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Plot
A simple hit and run turns out to be anything but when prosecutor Kohei Kuryu realises the victim was a witness in a case against the yakuza.
Cast
Takuya Kimura as Kohei Kuryu
Keiko Kitagawa as Chika Asagi
Takako Matsu as Maiko Amamiya
Kōichi Satō
Tetta Sugimoto
Gaku Hamada
Bokuzō Masana
Yō Yoshida
Yōji Tanaka
Katsuya
Yutaka Matsushige
Norito Yashima
Fumiyo Kohinata
Takuzō Kadono
Kōji Ōkura
Reception
The film was number-one on its opening weekend, grossing ¥733 million. It remained in number-one in the following weekend, with ¥368 million. The film was the third highest-grossing Japanese film at the Japanese box office in 2015, with ¥4.67 billion in revenue.
