Saigo no Bengonin: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Moved by television shows of lawyers she saw as a child, Ryoko Ishida dreamt of nothing more thanbecoming one herself. Though she studied hard she was never able to realize her dream. Resigned to her fate, Ryoko later went on to work for a bank where she was put in charge of going after defaulted loans, the most detested job of them all at the bank. Told not to come back to the bank until she'd collected from at least one of the many deadbeat borrowers she was assigned to pursue, Ryoko reaches Kazuaki Yudo, a heavily indebted lawyer and the last person on her list. Operating out of a dilapidated home office, lawyer Kazuaki's work - when he gets any - mostly involves him serving as a court - appointed attorney to defendants unable to afford legal counsel. In other words, Kazuaki makes no money. But that is not why he's a lawyer. He and his newfound partner Ryoko share an intimate desire to protect the weak and defend the innocent.

Series details

• Title: Saigo no Bengonin
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Crime, Mystery, Legal
• Premiere date: 2003-01-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2003-03-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NTV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 48111
• IMDb ID: tt8609376

Cast and credited roles

• Hiroshi Abe — Kazuaki Yudo
• Risa Sudo — Ryoko Ishida
• Tsubasa Imai — Toshiya Akakura
• Yutaka Matsushige — Keiichiro Sawanobori
• Masako Umemiya — Yumi Sano
• Hideji Otaki — Seijuro Hanaoka
• Yuko Asano — Michiko Kanzaki

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2003-01-15; final listed air date 2003-03-19; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Saigo no Bengonin on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.