In the Hero

In the Hero (2014)

48-year-old Wataru Honjo is a big fan of Bruce Lee and works as a suit actor (stunts performer wearing costumes). Even though he doesn't have the typical body type for his profession he has worked in the business for 25 years. Wataru doesn't get along with cocky rookie suit actor Ryo Ichinose, but an incident draws them closer. Ryo Ichinose then takes an audition for a Hollywood movie and passes. For the fighting scene in the climax scene, the action actor quits citing the scene is too dangerous. The movie staff hears that Wataru is the best Japanese action actor and offers the job to him. Will Wataru go for it?

star 7 6.6
  • Release Date: 2014-09-06
  • Runtime: 2h 4min
  • Director: Masaharu Take

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Cast

  • Toshiaki Karasawa

    Wataru Honjo

  • Sota Fukushi

    Ryo Ichinose

  • Tomoka Kurotani

    Misaki Oshiba

  • Susumu Terajima

    Goro Unno

  • Keisuke Koide

    Toshio Kadowaki

  • Ini Kusano

    Mitsuru Manabe

  • Mitsuhiro Oikawa

    Toshihisa Nishio

  • Hana Sugisaki

    Ayumi Motomura

  • Kei Nakata

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