Shikei Kijun (2011)
Do criteria exist for the death penalty? Yusuke Mito, a law faculty lecturer who did not become a lawyer even though he passed the bar exam, the famous lawyer Kojiro Otomo who advocates the abolition of the death penalty, and the public prosecutor Mariko Nagase studied law together. Each have their own thoughts about the death penalty. One day, Otomo’s wife is murdered by someone. Shinzo Sabae who is resentful of a lawsuit that Otomo had been in charge of, is arrested as a suspect. Otomo reverses the stance he had had until now and seeks the death penalty against Sabae. This prompts Mito to make the decision to become a lawyer and stand in the court. However, the first case Mito takes charge of is the defence of Sabae, who murdered the wife of his good friend, Otomo…
Director:
Toshiyuki Mizutani
Writer:
Mitsuru Tanabe
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Koji Yamamoto as Yusuke Mito |
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Yukiyoshi Ozawa as Kojiro Otomo |
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Naho Toda as Mariko Nagase |
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Kotomi Kyono as Noriko Iijima |
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Yoshimasa Kondo as Wataru Togane |
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Kenichi Yajima as Goro Takaishi |
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Yuriko Hirooka as Toshiko Togane |
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Jiro Sato as Takeshi Hoshino |
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Kei Yamamoto as Kosuke Mito |
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Akio Kaneda as Ryusuke Ishimaru |
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Takashi Kashiwabara as Shinzo Sabae |
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Ken Mitsuishi as Kazuho Karita |
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Akira Emoto as Kyusaku Tsushima |
| Camera | Yōichi Shiga | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Toshiyuki Mizutani | Director |
| Art | Kazunari Iwamoto | Art Direction |
| Production | Naoki Kawasumi | Producer |
| Editing | Nobuyuki Takahashi | Editor |
| Sound | Yu Takami | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Yasunori Aoki | Producer |
| Writing | Takayasu Kamo | Original Story |
| Writing | Mitsuru Tanabe | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Hideaki Yamakawa | Lighting Technician |