Les Misérables

Synopsis

This feature drama, produced to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Fuji TV, is an adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic masterpiece Les Miserables set in the 1990s in Japan. In Kobe in 1993, Jun Baba gets taken to a juvenile prison due to a killing of a man who cheated his mother out of all her money in self-defense. One day, he hears that his younger brother, who has been desperately ill, is in a critical condition and breaks out. However, he finds out his brother is already dead. In the depth of despair, he tries to kill himself but is saved by a man who runs a self-support facility. He begins to live at the place, and befriends with Takumi Watanabe aspiring to be a lawyer. In 1995, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake hits and their friendship comes to an end. Crushed under the debris, Takumi persuades Jun to live his life instead. Jun swears to live on assuming Takumi's identity.

Main Cast

Dean Fujioka

Baba Jun

Age : 43 | Popularity : 9%

Arata Iura

Saito Ryousuke

Age : 49 | Popularity : 7%

Mizuki Yamamoto

Fuwa Yui

Age : 32 | Popularity : 12%

Ryo Yoshizawa

Baba Jun (Young)

Age : 30 | Popularity : 18%

Nijiro Murakami

Age : 27 | Popularity : 3%

Kaya Kiyohara

Age : 22 | Popularity : 16%

Kouhei Matsushita

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Mayuko Fukuda

Age : 29 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Novel	Victor Hugo
	Screenplay	Hideya Hamada
Production	Production Executive	Masaru Oota Yusuke Noda
Directing	Director	Michiko Namiki
Sound	Music	Kei Yoshikawa
Department	Role	Name

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