Hero (2015 Japanese film)

2015 Japanese film
  • July 18, 2015 (2015-07-18)
Running time
119 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapaneseBox office¥4.67 billion

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.[1][2][3] It was released on July 18, 2015.

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.[4]

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 [ja]
  • Kōji Ōkura [ja]

Reception

The film was number-one on its opening weekend, grossing ¥733 million.[2] It remained in number-one in the following weekend, with ¥368 million.[3] The film was the third highest-grossing Japanese film at the Japanese box office in 2015, with ¥4.67 billion in revenue.[5]

References

  1. ^ ＨＥＲＯ(2015). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  2. ^ a b Kevin Ma (2015-07-23). "Hero soars to top of Japan box office". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  3. ^ a b Kevin Ma (2015-07-30). "Hero victorious for second week in Japan". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  4. ^ "'Hero 2015' on Air France flight - Movies on board - Air France". Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  5. ^ "Movies With Box Office Gross Receipts Exceeding 1 Billion Yen". Eiren. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. 2015. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  • Official website (in Japanese)
  • Hero at IMDb