The film adaptation of local TV hit "Hero" has taken the Japanese boxoffice by storm, opening Saturday on a record-breaking 475 screens and earning ¥1.08 billion ($9.4 million) to top the weekend. By ...

TOKYO — “Hero,” the second film based on a popular Fuji TV drama series featuring a rule-bending public prosecutor played by Takuya Kimura, won the July 18-19 weekend at the Japanese box office.

“Hero,” Fuji TV’s suspense/drama about a rebel prosecutor that will open in Japan on Sept. 8, is also getting a wide release in Asia. The pic, which stars Japanese megastar Takuya Kimura in the ...