After six years away, D.A. Kuryu Kohei (Kimura Takuya) returns to his former Josai branch of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, just in time for a brewing storm. Kohei's first case starts out simple enough. The suspect, a blonde-haired security guard, had already confessed to manslaughter, but he suddenly retracts his confession and takes things to court with big-shot defense attorney Gamo (Matsumoto Koshiro). It turns out that the security guard is a key alibi witness in a high-profile political corruption case, and the results of his case will directly affect the next. With the media, politicians, and a special investigative team breathing down his back, Kohei must handle the case with care (and flair) to find out the truth.
Acting
Kimura Takuya's chaotic charisma anchors every scene he's in.
Writing
Interlocking cases that actually reward paying attention.
Costume
Kohei's orange down jacket: iconic, inexplicable, never explained.
Director
Masayuki Suzuki
Takuya Kimura
Kohei Kuryu
Takako Matsu
Maiko Amamiya
Nene Otsuka
Misuzu Nakamura
Hiroshi Abe
Mitsugu Shibayama
Masanobu Katsumura
Tatsuo Egami
Fumiyo Kohinata
Takayuki Suetsugu
Norito Yashima
Kenji Endo
Takuzo Kadono
Yutaka Ushimaru
Kiichi Nakai
Akihiko Takida
Lee Byung-hun
Kang
Matsumoto Hakuō II
Issei Gamo
Teruyuki Kagawa
Yusaku Mayuzumi
Haruka Ayase
Ririko Izumiya
Arata Furuta
Shuji Gouda
Renji Ishibashi
Masahiro Oyabu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film continues the 2001 TV series phenomenon; Kimura's orange puffer jacket became so iconic that Japanese prosecutors reportedly started receiving them as gag gifts.
Matsumoto Koshiro, playing defense attorney Gamo, is legendary kabuki royalty—his casting as a theatrical legal opponent who performs for the courtroom gallery is deliberate meta-commentary.
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