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Yasushi Fukuda (writer)
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8 September 2007 (Japan) more
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Takuya Kimura | ... | Ko'hei Kuryu |
| Takako Matsu | ... | Maiko Amemiya |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Hiroshi Abe | ... | Mitsugu Shibayama |
| Tomoya Akashi | ||
| Haruka Ayase | ... | Ririko Izumiya |
| Arata Furuta | ... | Shuji Gouda |
| Renji Ishibashi | ... | Masahiro Oyabu |
| Masayuki Itô | ... | Yuzo Kawashima |
| Takuzo Kadono | ... | Yutaka Ushimaru |
| Teruyuki Kagawa | ... | Yasaku Mayuzumi |
| Masanobu Katsumura | ... | Tatsuo Egami |
| Ittoku Kishibe | ... | Kaoru Kayama |
| Kiyoshi Kodama | ... | Toshimitsu Nabeshima |
| Fumiyo Kohinata | ... | Takayuki Suitsugu |
| Ryôko Kuninaka | ... | Megumi Matsumoto |
 | Byung-hun Lee | ... | Kang |
| Bokuzô Masana | ... | Shuji Ido |
| Hidekazu Mashima | ... | Katsuhiko Higashiyama |
| Koshiro Matsumoto | ... | Issei Gamo |
| Megumi | ||
| Satomi Nagano | ... | Setsuko Kashiwagi |
| Kiichi Nakai | ... | Akihiko Takida |
| Kazuki Namioka | ... | Keisuke Umebayashi |
| Kaoru Okunuki | ... | Ryoko Shibayama |
| Nene Otsuka | ... | Misuzu Nakamura |
 | Gregory Pekar | ... | TV Shopping Host |
| Sawa Suzuki | ... | Misa Kurokawa |
| Tamori | ... | Renzaburo Hanaoka |
| Yôji Tanaka | ... | Master |
| Shione Yamazaki | ... | Shibayama's mother |
| Norito Yashima | ... | Kenji Endo |
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This movie was made to capitalize on the huge fan base for the extraordinary HERO television show which aired in 2001. Anyone who is a fan of that show will enjoy this film immensely. I loved it! The acting efforts of most J-Idols make your skin crawl, Kimutaku is a pleasure to watch (though my heart belongs to Otsuka Nene).
The original TV show was something of a cross between Barney Miller and Columbo. Kuryu Kohei, a likable everyman with a weakness for TV shopping, doesn't seem like a hero at first, but as the show progresses, his character grows in stature, and he is, at the end, a creature of great nobility. Viewers who did not witness the growth of the character will have a hard time appreciating the return to innocence that this movie proposes.
Try to imagine how crack-addled Star Trek - The Wrath of Khan appears to someone who never saw the TV series... In comparison, this movie comes out looking pretty good.