Bengoshi no Kuzu (2006) [E 01 – 12 END]

Profile

• Drama: Scum of Lawyers / Rebel Lawyer Kuzu
• Romaji: Bengoshi no Kuzu
• Japanese: 弁護士のくず
• Director: Natsuki Imai, Masahiro Sakai, Kentaro Takemura, Masaya Morishima
• Writer: Hideo Iura, Tomoyuki Takimoto, Shuko Arai
• Network: TBS
• Episode: 15
• Release Date: April 13 – June 29, 2006
• Runtime: 22:00-22:54
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot

Etsuji Toyokawa plays the title character, whose credo is that a lawyer should do anything possible to win his case.

In the first episode, his law firm assigns new employee Takeda (Hideaki Ito) to apprentice with him. Takeda is principled and idealistic, and thus the complete opposite of Kuzu. “My motto,” Kuzu tells his new charge, “is that lawyers don’t need to be fair. The purpose of the law is not to punish people, but to save them.”

Takeda had hoped to become involved in human rights cases and his wish is granted right away. His first case with Kuzu is a sexual harassment suit, but he’s in for much more than he bargained for.

Cast

• Etsushi Toyokawa – Motohito Kuzu
• Hideaki Ito – Masami Takeda
• Aki Hoshino – Yuka Omata
• Fuyuki Moto – Yujiro Kunimitsu
• Soichiro Kitamura – Makoto Shiraishi
• Reiko Takashima – Tetsuko Kato
• Shiro Sano
• Megumi Yasu
• Takashi Ukaji
• Yuki Yoshinaga
• Masaki Kitahara – nightclub manager
• Masayuki Ito
• Yoko Mitsuya
• Naoya Ogawa
• Kazuki Namioka
• Hairi Katagiri
• Hiromi Kitagawa
• Bokuzo Masana
• Atsushi Fukazawa
• Junichi Gamou – Editor Miyazono (ep.3)
• Mitsuru Hirata
• Mariko Tsitsui
• Keita Saito
• Momoko Komachi
• Jiro Sato
• Maya Murasaki – Mitsuki Akino
• Mayo Kawasaki
• Mantarou Koichi
• Yoko Kurita
• Miho Yabe
• Hiroyuki Ariyoshi
• Emiko Matsuoka
• Masahiro Komoto
• Kanako Fukaura
• Kiyoshi Nakajo
• Sumie Sasaki
• Reiko Tajima – Miharu Sakari’s mom
• Miki Arimura – ep.2
• Mantaro Koichi – ep.5
• Motoki Fukami – ep. 6
• Moeko Matsushita – ep.6
• Hikari Ishida – ep.8
• Rie Okamoto – ep.9
• Kenichiro Yasui – ep.10
• Katsuhiro Higo – ep.10
• Hiroko Hatano – ep. 12
• Tokuma Nishioka – ep.12
• Monta Mino – ep.12