
Shikei Kijun
2011-09-25 · 114 min · Not rated
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…
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- Directors
- Toshiyuki Mizutani
- Production companies
- WOWOW FILMS, WOWOW
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Koji YamamotoYusuke Mito
Yukiyoshi OzawaKojiro Otomo
Naho TodaMariko Nagase
Kotomi KyonoNoriko Iijima
Yoshimasa KondoWataru Togane
Kenichi YajimaGoro Takaishi
Yuriko HirookaToshiko Togane
Jiro SatoTakeshi Hoshino
Kei YamamotoKosuke Mito
Akio KanedaRyusuke Ishimaru
Takashi KashiwabaraShinzo Sabae
Ken MitsuishiKazuho Karita
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