Bengoshi no Kuzu

弁護士のくず
Bengoshi no Kuzu
Cover of Bengoshi no Kuzu volume 1 as published Shogakukan
Manga
Written by
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Big Comic Original
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	2003 – 2009
Volumes	10
Television drama
Directed by
Written by
Original network	Tokyo Broadcasting System
Original run	April 13, 2006 – June 29, 2006
Episodes	12
Manga
Bengoshi no Kuzu Dai-2 Shin
Written by	Hideo Iura
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Big Comic Original
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	2010 – 2014
Volumes	11
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Bengoshi no Kuzu (Japanese: 弁護士のくず, lit. Scum of Lawyers) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . It is the story 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 2003 to 2009. Shogakukan compiled it into ten tankōbon released between July 30, 2004, and January 29, 2010.^[1]^[2] A second series, Bengoshi no Kuzu Dai-2 Shin (弁護士のくず第二審), was published from 2010 to 2014; its first volume was released on December 25, 2010.^[3]

In 2007, Bengoshi no Kuzu won the 52nd Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category.^[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 Itō as Takeda Masami
Aki Hoshino as Omata Yuka
as Kunimitsu Yuujiro
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: Hideaki Itō

References[]

^ 弁護士のくず 1 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. 30 July 2004. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
^ 弁護士のくず 10 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
^ 弁護士のくず第二審 1 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. 25 December 2010. 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 (in Japanese)

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