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    Hero (2015 Japanese film)

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    Hero
    Poster
    Directed byMasayuki Suzuki (ja)
    Based onHero
    Produced byTsuneya Watanabe
    Kazutoshi Wadakura
    StarringTakuya Kimura
    Keiko Kitagawa
    Tetta Sugimoto
    Yutaka Matsushige
    Takuzō Kadono
    Takako Matsu
    Kōichi Satō
    Release date
    • July 18, 2015 (2015-7-18)
    Running time
    		119 minutes
    CountryJapan
    LanguageJapanese
    Box 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

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    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

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    • 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

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    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

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    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.
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