Bengoshi no Kuzu - Wikipedia

弁護士のくず
Bengoshi no Kuzu
File:BengoshinoKuzu vol1 Cover.jpg Cover of Bengoshi no Kuzu volume 1 as published Shogakukan
Genre	Comedy, Law
Manga
Written by	Hideo Iura
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Big Comic Original
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	2004 – 2014
Volumes	10
Television drama
Directed by	Imai Natsuki Sakai Masahiro Takemura Kentaro Morishima Masaya
Written by	Hideo Iura
Original network	Tokyo Broadcasting System
Original run	April 13, 2006 – June 29, 2006
Episodes	12
Manga
Bengoshi no Kuzu Dainishin
Written by	Hideo Iura
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Big Comic Original
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	2010 – present
Volumes	11

Bengoshi no Kuzu (Japanese: 弁護士のくず, lit. Scum of Lawyers) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hideo Iura about Takeda Masami, a new lawyer and fellow lawyer Kuzu Motohito, who Takeda is teamed up with, and how they deal with different court cases. It was serialized in Big Comic Original from 2004 to 2014. Shogakukan compiled it into ten tankōbon released between July 30, 2004, and January 29, 2010.^[1]^[2] A second series, Bengoshi no Kuzu Dainishin (弁護士のくず第二審), has been published since 2010; its first volume was released on December 25, 2010.^[3]

Bengoshi no Kuzu received the Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general category in 2007.^[4]

The manga was adapted into a 12-episode TV drama, which was broadcast on Tokyo Broadcasting System between April 13, 2006 and June 29, 2006.^[5]

Cast

Etsushi Toyokawa as Kuzu Motohito
Hideaki Ito as Takeda Masami
Aki Hoshino as Omata Yuka
Fuyuki Moto as Kunimitsu Yuujiro
Soichiro Kitamura as Shiraishi Makoto
Reiko Takashima as Kato Tetsuko

Awards

49th Television Drama Academy Awards Best Leading Actor: Toyokawa Etsushi
49th Television Drama Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor: Ito Hideaki

References

^ 弁護士のくず 1 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
^ 弁護士のくず 10 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
^ 弁護士のくず第二審 1 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
^ "Shougakukan Manga Awards Announced". Anime News Network. 2007-01-24. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
^ 弁護士のくず (in Japanese). tvdrama-db.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.

External links

Official TBS Bengoshi no Kuzu website Template:Ja icon

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