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Pro Bono (2014)

★ 7.0/10 109 min Japan Japanese
Director: Meiji Fujita
Original Story: Seicho Matsumoto
Screenplay by: Taeko Asano
Streaming: Not available

Description

A young, mentally retarded boy is wrongfully accused of murder, but his family lacks the means to hire an attorney to defend him. The boy’s sister, Kiriko, pleads with an accomplished attorney named Otsuka to defend her brother pro bono. But because of Otsuka’s busy schedule and other priorities, he refuses to take the case. Lacking a proper defense, Kiriko’s brother is eventually convicted of murder, and dies in prison. From that point on, Kiriko is determined to take revenge against Otuska.

Top Cast

Maki Horikita
Maki Horikita Kiriko Yanagida
Katsumi Takahashi
Katsumi Takahashi Keiichi Abe
Yoshino Kimura
Yoshino Kimura Michiko Kono
Nino Furuhata
Nino Furuhata Masao Yanagida
Seiji Fukushi
Seiji Fukushi Kenji Sugiura
Mitsuki Tanimura
Mitsuki Tanimura Nobuko
Naomi Akimoto
Naomi Akimoto
Mari Hamada
Mari Hamada

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