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Justice is Blind: The Moving Tale of a Vision-Impaired Lawyer

2014Directed by Kosuke Suzuki

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About Justice is Blind: The Moving Tale of a Vision-Impaired Lawyer

Synopsis

Based on the writings of a true life, vision-impaired lawyer comes a story about a blind man who manages to pass the extremely difficult bar exam and earn his lawyer’s license. Long desiring to help the weak, Kensuke Okochi gets a job at an attorney’s office while he and his wife, also blind, look forward to their first child. When a plaintiff in a divorce case decides to withdraw from litigation, Kensuke worries at first that it has to do with his own perceived inadequacies as a lawyer, but a few days later, he is visited by the female plaintiff, Satomi, showing injuries to her body. While it appears an open and shut case of domestic violence with an audio recording as proof, Kensuke detects a “certain scent” coming from the plaintiff which gives him pause as to her real intentions.

Director
  • Kosuke Suzuki
Writers
  • Makoto Oogoda
  • Masaya Ozaki
Original title
全盲の僕が弁護士になった理由

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