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Legal Heart: Life Reconstruction Lawyer

Legal Heart: Life Reconstruction Lawyer (Japanese: リーガル・ハート～いのちの再建弁護士～) is a Japanese television drama series that aired on TV Tokyo from July 22 to September 2, 2019. The series consists of seven episodes and was broadcast in the network's Monday 22:00 time slot.

Premise

The series follows Seiichi Murakoshi, a lawyer portrayed by Takashi Sorimachi, who specializes in assisting small and medium-sized enterprises facing bankruptcy. Murakoshi's approach involves not only navigating complex legal procedures and negotiating with creditors but also addressing the personal crises faced by the business owners and their families. The show is based on the autobiography Inochi no Saiken Bengoshi: Kaisha to Kazoku o Ikikaeraseru by Kenichi Muramatsu, published in 2012 by Kadokawa Shoten.

Production

The drama was directed by Masaki Nishiura, with a screenplay written by Yumie Nishiogi. It succeeded the series Spiral: Machikoba no Kiseki in its time slot.

Cast

The series features an ensemble cast including:

  • Takashi Sorimachi as Seiichi Murakoshi
  • Eiko Koike as Akane Nagai
  • Arata Horii as Shinji Ikeda
  • Ryotaro Sakaguchi as Takefuji
  • Shima Tabata as Mayu Murakoshi
  • Rintaro Mizusawa as Tadashi Murakoshi
  • Rumi Matsumoto as Takiko Yamamoto
  • Emi Wakui as Sachiko Murakoshi
  • Isao Hashizume as Masaomi Yonekura
Promotional image for Legal Heart
Promotional visual for the series.
Takashi Sorimachi
Takashi Sorimachi as Seiichi Murakoshi.
Eiko Koike
Eiko Koike as Akane Nagai.
Arata Horii
Arata Horii as Shinji Ikeda.
Ryotaro Sakaguchi
Ryotaro Sakaguchi as Takefuji.
Shima Tabata
Shima Tabata as Mayu Murakoshi.
Rintaro Mizusawa
Rintaro Mizusawa as Tadashi Murakoshi.
Rumi Matsumoto
Rumi Matsumoto as Takiko Yamamoto.
Emi Wakui
Emi Wakui as Sachiko Murakoshi.
Isao Hashizume
Isao Hashizume as Masaomi Yonekura.
Ken Ishiguro
Ken Ishiguro as Mamoru Yamatani.
Hitomi Takahashi
Hitomi Takahashi as Chika Yamatani.
Masahiro Takashima
Masahiro Takashima as Sasakibara.
Akiko Yada
Akiko Yada as Chzuka Hanatsuka.
Gin Pun Chou
Gin Pun Chou as Satoko Kawai.
Satoshi Tokushige
Satoshi Tokushige as Masakazu Takuma.
Keiko Horiuchi
Keiko Horiuchi as Aiko Namino.
Yasufumi Hayashi
Yasufumi Hayashi as Daisuke Mizuhashi.
Rena Matsui
Rena Matsui as Sumika Inoue.
Kento Shibuya
Kento Shibuya as Tomoya Sakurada.
Masato Wada
Masato Wada as Takeshi Tachiki.
Akira Onodera
Akira Onodera as Yoshinori Tachiki.
Minori Terada
Minori Terada as Shigeru Tachiki.
Nobuko Sendo
Nobuko Sendo as Natsuko Hayakawa.
Takeshi Masu
Takeshi Masu as Tsuyoshi Ujigawa.
Reiko Tajima
Reiko Tajima as Yoko Enomoto.
Hironari Amano
Hironari Amano as Hiromitsu Enomoto.
Kohei Takeda
Kohei Takeda as Tsuboi.
Kenji Mizuhashi
Kenji Mizuhashi as Shimobe.
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