"I'm gonna expose everything. And it'll
be poetic coming from me."
"I'm gonna expose everything. And it'll
be poetic coming from me."
A fiercely idealistic ex-defense lawyer turned private detective. After facing a devastating betrayal by one of his former clients, he became known as a fraud who lets murderers run free, effectively destroying his reputation. Now he's caught up in an enigmatic serial murder case and will need to push his investigative skills to their limit to solve it.
A lawyer pulls off a miracle, only to have the verdict cost him everything. Now, as a string of murders casts a shroud over the city and the law begins to fail, justice cannot afford to be blind.
The son of a murdered lawyer, Takayuki Yagami was raised on the streets of Kamurocho by a yakuza patriarch who paves the way for Yagami to follow in his real father's footsteps. Taking a job at the Genda Law Office, Yagami accepts a high-profile case: Proving Shinpei Okubo, a man suspected of murder, innocent.
Against all odds, Yagami succeeds and is hailed as a hero, but his prolific career is short-lived. Only months later, Okubo brutally murders his girlfriend, stabbing her over ten times with a kitchen knife before setting their apartment on fire.
Yagami becomes the lawyer who let a murderer walk - and everything he had worked for comes crashing down.
Three years later, Yagami has taken off his lawyer's badge to run a small detective agency in the red-light district of Kamurocho, scraping by on odd jobs and evidence collection.
But even a city as seedy as this is shaken by a string of serial murders, where the victims' bodies are discovered with their eyes gouged out. Yagami is drawn into the case by his old law firm, where he discovers that in order to bring this killer to light, he must seek the truth that slipped from his grasp three years ago. But can a man haunted by his failures prevail over his own past?
An all-star cast in both Japanese and English brings the game to life!
"How long are you gonna keep
doing this to yourself, Yagami? You
know how dangerous this city is."
An old-school lawyer who has taken on the role of overseeing Yagami's growth since the start of his career. Even after Yagami's incident that forced him out of the legal world, Genda still looks after him and helps him find work from time to time.
"Way I see it, anyone who knows
that side of me ain't exactly a saint either."
A detective with Tokyo PD's Organized Crime Division. Ayabe is a crooked cop who withholds information on investigations for his own benefit, but often helps Yagami with his cases - for a price.
"Three years ago, you put a murderer back
on the street and he burned an innocent girl
to death. And here we are, another killer you've
let off the leash. Who will the next victim be?"
A detective with the Tokyo PD's Organized Crime Division, famous for his leadership skills and high successful arrest rate in Kamurocho. A talented officer who plays by the rules, Kuroiwa sees unknown elements like Yagami as a dangerous nuisance.
"I'm a prosecutor, remember? Doubting
people is my job."
A fiercely competent prosecutor working for the Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office. Mafuyu has a long history with Yagami; she continues to check in on him from time to time even after his career-ending incident.
As a detective, Yagami is often beset by the thugs and lowlifes of the city, but you'll need more than his brawling skills to get to the bottom of the case. You'll need to interrogate, discover and present evidence, tail and chase suspects, don disguises, pick locks, and take pictures to unravel the mystery.
Created in Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio's Dragon Engine, Kamurocho has never looked so appealing. Utilizing deeper color tones, shading, and an attention to even the smallest details, JUDGMENT comes to life like no title before it.
Lyrics: Yohei Kawakami
Composer: Yohei Kawakami
Arrangement: [ALEXANDROS], Alex Aldi and Albert Di Fiore
Lyrics: Yohei Kawakami
Composer: Yohei Kawakami
Arrangement: [ALEXANDROS], Alex Aldi and Albert Di Fiore
Continuing in the tradition of the Yakuza series, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and its director, Toshihiro Nagoshi, set out to create JUDGMENT under the same philosophy of creating games for mature audiences. The result is the work of over three years in crafting its central story and an evolution of gameplay mechanics tested, scrutinized, and refined. The entire team is confident that JUDGMENT is some of their best work to date.
Set in Kamurocho, the city made famous by the Yakuza series, Takayuki Yagami and an entirely new cast set out to right the wrongs of the past and bring a serial murderer to justice.