Hero (2015 Japanese film)

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. ^ 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.