Article: Top 10 Courtroom Japanese Dramas

The Japanese law system is very fascinating because of the cases depicted in the Japanese show about law. The various cases portrayed every sphere of life and how law affects it.

1. Ichikei No Karasu

This law show is very much personal to lawmakers like judges. One of the main leads  in this show, who used to be a lawyer but is now promoted to a judge, investigates and keeps a keen eye on the cases and inspects himself to prevent biases in justice. All the lawyers and prosecutors fear them as they know they can't tamper with the evidence and play with the truth. On the other hand, when another judge gets transferred to that court, she finds that there are so many pending cases. As a person who loves to close and solve all the cases timely, she tries to do that but later questions herself about the role of a judge other than giving the final verdict.

2. Seigi No Se

This is a very inspiring drama about a woman who is not a good and efficient lawyer. She takes up every challenge life throws and eventually becomes a prosecutor, thanks to her strong sense of justice.

3. Legal V

In this Japanese drama , a lawyer who leaves his job as she gets involved in a scandal joins a low-key law firm, solves cases, and moves their firm to victory in every case, making their strong parallel to other firms.

4. Good Partner

In this show, the main leads work together in the same law firm but are divorced parents. The guy is handsome and doesn't care who stands before him when he confronts him. He also raises their daughter as a single parent. On the other hand, the woman is a perfectionist in her work, and they both quarrel a lot about their work but join hands when they are mom and dad and sometimes fight like a married couple.

5. Talio Fukushu Daiko No Futari

In this show, the main lead, at the age of 20, clears the judicial exams and joins a big law firm but is doubted about her competence as she has to wait a bit longer for her first one. She soon gets it when a senior drops a case. In this case, she has to fight for a victim who the son of a wealthy businessman sexually abused. Although they try a lot to cover it with money, it's impossible.

6. 99.9: Keiji Senmon Bengoshi

In this show, Miayama Hiroto, a very efficient lawyer who works in Madrame Law Firm. with his team, always solves cases and seeks justice. This is a very thriller show and would keep the spectator on a cliffhanger.

7. The Good Wife

This show is about Hasumi Kyoko, a professional lawyer who quits her job after becoming a mom. Her husband is a prosecutor but gets involved in a corruption scandal, and his affair also emerges. To protect her family and her children, she restarts her career after 16 years.

8. Scandal Senmon Bengoshi Queen

The main lead is a lawyer and expert in the crisis field. She is one of those lawyers who would turn false into truth, especially for those stuck, and would go up to any height to support them, especially women. She is depicted as one who would do anything to help people.

9. Suits

This show is about an arrogant lawyer who only cares about winning and is very close to becoming the senior partner of the law firm. His boss is concerned that his sole aim is always winning, so he comes up with the condition that to become a senior partner, he must hire a young lawyer as an associate. He takes many interviews but needs to be more impressed. He then meets a guy who had a very rough childhood and did jobs and sometimes even odd jobs like taking entrance exams for others but is caught and banned from taking any exams. When his grandmother falls sick, she makes real money and meets the lawyer.

10. Shitei Bengoshi

In this drama, there is a nationwide crisis when a political leader sells national land for social welfare and is not punished by the court as his statements support the cause. On the other hand, people are agitated as to why the court didn't punish him. Then a committee of prosecutors meets and decides how to solve this case.