In the Hero (2014)
Original title: イン・ザ・ヒーロー
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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?
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Toshiaki KarasawaWataru Honjo
Sota FukushiRyo Ichinose
Tomoka KurotaniMisaki Oshiba
Susumu TerajimaGoro Unno
Keisuke KoideToshio Kadowaki
Ini KusanoMitsuru Manabe
Mitsuhiro OikawaToshihisa Nishio
Hana SugisakiAyumi MotomuraKei NakataKeywords
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What is In the Hero about?
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?
How long is In the Hero?
In the Hero has a runtime of 124 minutes.