is a Japanese
manga series written and illustrated by
Hideo Iura. It is the story about Takeda Masami, a new lawyer and fellow lawyer Kuzu Motohito, who Takeda is teamed up with, and how they deal with different court cases. It was serialized in ''
Big Comic Original
is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan, aimed at an older adult and mostly male audience. It is a sister magazine to ''Big Comic'', the biggest difference being that it goes on sale twice a month in the weeks ''Big Comic ...
'' from 2003 to 2009.
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics ( manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.
Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the H ...
compiled it into ten ''
tankōbon
is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or ...
'' volumes released between July 30, 2004, and January 29, 2010. A second series, , was published from 2010 to 2014; its first volume was released on December 25, 2010.
In 2007, ''Bengoshi no Kuzu'' won the 52nd
Shogakukan Manga Award
The is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of publishers. It is the oldest manga award in Japan, being given since ...
in the General category.
The manga was adapted into a 12-episode
TV drama
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-ge ...
, which was broadcast on
Tokyo Broadcasting System
formerly is a Japanese media and licensed broadcasting holding company. It is the parent company of the television network and radio network . It has a 28-affiliate television network called JNN (Japan News Network), as well as a 34-affili ...
between April 13, 2006, and June 29, 2006.
Cast
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Etsushi Toyokawa
is a Japanese actor.
Biography
Born in Yao, Osaka, he studied at Shimizudani High School
is a prestigious Japanese public co-educational senior high school (secondary school), located in Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan.
Overview
Shimizudan ...
as Kuzu Motohito
*
Hideaki Itō
is a Japanese actor.
Biography
Ito is best known for starring in the hit franchise ''Umizaru'' film series which consistently topped the Japanese box office of the year. He has also head-lined many other major Japanese films such as Takashi M ...
as Takeda Masami
*
Aki Hoshino
is a Japanese bikini idol. She has appeared in various men's magazines, such as '' Sabra'' and television shows. In 2010, she was named one of the "7 most irresistibly cute Japanese idols" by the Thailand version of the men's magazine FHM.
Bio ...
as Omata Yuka
*
Fuyuki Moto
is a masculine Japanese given name which is occasionally used as a surname and means wintry tree.
* (born 1960), Japanese professional wrestler
* (born 1955), Japanese photographer
* (born 1973), Japanese performance artist
In fiction
* In the ' ...
as Kunimitsu Yuujiro
*
Soichiro Kitamura as Shiraishi Makoto
*
Reiko Takashima
is a Japanese actress.
Career
Takashima starred in Shinji Aoyama's 1999 film, '' EM Embalming''. She has also appeared in films such as '' K-20: Legend of the Mask'', ''Railways'' and ''Space Battleship Yamato''.
Filmography
Film
* ''Like a Ro ...
as Kato Tetsuko
Awards
*49th Television Drama Academy Awards Best Leading Actor:
Toyokawa Etsushi
*49th Television Drama Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor:
Hideaki Itō
is a Japanese actor.
Biography
Ito is best known for starring in the hit franchise ''Umizaru'' film series which consistently topped the Japanese box office of the year. He has also head-lined many other major Japanese films such as Takashi M ...
References
External links
Official TBS ''Bengoshi no Kuzu'' website
2003 manga
2006 Japanese television series debuts
2006 Japanese television series endings
2010 manga
Japanese television dramas based on manga
Manga adapted into television series
Seinen manga
Shogakukan manga
TBS Television (Japan) dramas
Winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga
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