Shikei Kijun

Shikei Kijun — Plot

Do criteria exist for the death penalty? Yusuke Mito, a law faculty lecturer who did not become a lawyer even though he passed the bar exam, the famous lawyer Kojiro Otomo who advocates the abolition of the death penalty, and the public prosecutor Mariko Nagase studied law together. Each have their own thoughts about the death penalty. One day, Otomo’s wife is murdered by someone. Shinzo Sabae who is resentful of a lawsuit that Otomo had been in charge of, is arrested as a suspect. Otomo reverses the stance he had had until now and seeks the death penalty against Sabae. This prompts Mito to make the decision to become a lawyer and stand in the court. However, the first case Mito takes charge of is the defence of Sabae, who murdered the wife of his good friend, Otomo…

• Release date
• September 25, 2011
• Runtime
• 114 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Toshiyuki Mizutani

Shikei Kijun — Cast

Koji Yamamoto Yusuke Mito Yukiyoshi Ozawa Kojiro Otomo Naho Toda Mariko Nagase Kotomi Kyono Noriko Iijima Yoshimasa Kondo Wataru Togane Kenichi Yajima Goro Takaishi Yuriko Hirooka Toshiko Togane Jiro Sato Takeshi Hoshino