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 (2015-07-18)
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

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

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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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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