The premiere of the movie 'Hero' starring Kimura Takuya was held successfully on the 6th at Tokyo's Budokan.
With all major media reporting the event, many forecasted that the movie would break previous records of "Bayside Breakdown: the Movie 2" at 17.3 billion yen.
With 5,000 guests invited to the premiere, more than 200,000 entered to be selected. Kimura Takuya and other cast walked down a 50 meter red carpet after the screening greeted by the crowd.
The movie "Hero" is based upon the drama series that aired in 2001 on Fuji Television. All episodes of the series had viewer ratings higher than 30% with the final episode reaching 36.8%. These are the highest numbers for any drama series Kimura Takuya starred in, and was a first of all television series where all episodes exceeded 30% viewer ratings. The special episode aired in 2006 had a 30.9% viewer rating and with the special appearance of Lee Byeong-Heon, the movie is expected to surpass all movie attendance records in Japan.
Japanese newspapers reported that the movie will open on more than 470 screens on the 8th, the most ever for any movie opening in Japan.
The head of the movie production division at Fuji TV, Gameyama, says, "With Kimura Takuya's acting and the growth of co-stars from the series, the movie has a great potential to break records. Because the quality of the overall movie is so great, it will be able to break records of 'Bayside Breakdown: the Movie 2' as well".
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