Hero
Poster
Directed by	Masayuki Suzuki (ja)
Based on	Hero
Produced by	Tsuneya Watanabe Kazutoshi Wadakura
Starring	Takuya 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
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
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

• Takuya Kimura as Kohei Kuryu
• Keiko Kitagawa as Chika Asagi
• Takako Matsu as Maiko Amamiya
• Kōichi Satō
• Tetta Sugimoto
• Gaku Hamada
• Bokuzō Masana
• Yō Yoshida
• Yōji Tanaka
• Katsuya
• Yutaka Matsushige
• Norito Yashima
• Fumiyo Kohinata
• Takuzō Kadono [ja]
• Kōji Ōkura [ja]

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]