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Released
2019 · FILM

Giwaku

Directed by
Runtime
105 min
Language
JA
TV MovieDramaCrime

Synopsis

Sahara Takako is a lawyer who specializes in civil cases. She is determined to win and will use any means necessary to uncover the truth. Although she is competent, she is often mocked as a rotten lawyer for defending companies that mistreat their employees and for winning many of these cases. One day, Takako receives an unexpected request from a veteran lawyer, Harayama Masao, who asks her to take over the defense of a woman because he is in poor health and needs to be hospitalized. The woman is Shirakawa Kumako, a public figure. Known as “Onikuma” by the public—a play on her maiden name, Onizuka—she is facing charges of killing her husband, Fukutaro, the owner of a well-established Atami restaurant, for insurance money.

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Principal cast & crew: 14

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