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Daitokai Series

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Daitokai Series
GenreDetective drama
Written bySō Kuramoto(First season)
Directed byToshio Masuda
Koreyoshi Kurahara
Tōru Murakawa
Yasuharu Hasebe
Keiichi Ozawa
StarringTetsuya Watari
Kei Satō
Akira Terao
Joe Shishido
Masaki Kanda
Sei Hiraizumi
Kaku Takashina
Akiko Nishina
Yūsuke Takita
Yusaku Matsuda
Yujiro Ishihara
Narrated byKiyoshi Kobayashi
Opening themeMasato Sugimoto (Part 2)
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes132[1]
Production
Executive producerYujiro Ishihara
ProducersMasahiko Kobayashi
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Camera setupMitsuji Kanau
Running time45 minutes
Production companiesIshihara promotion
NTV[2]
Original release
NetworkNTV
ReleaseJanuary 6, 1976 (1976-01-06) –
September 11, 1979 (1979-09-11)

Daitokai (大都会, The Big City or Metropolis) was a popular prime-time television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1976 to 1979[3] for a total of 132 episodes and three seasons, each with its own story arc. The lead star was Tetsuya Watari.[4][5] The drama won popularity and was followed by Seibu Keisatsu.[6]

Plot

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Sergeant Raisuke Kuroiwa (Tetsuya Watari) and the Kuroiwa Force, a special Flying Squad-esque division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police solves crimes and cracks down on their perpetrators.[7][8]

Cast

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Daitokai Tatakai no Hibi (31 episodes)[7][9]

Daitokai Part II (52 episodes)[8][10]

Daitokai Part III (49 episodes)[6][11]

  • Tetsuya Watari as Raisuke Kuroiwa (Kuro-san)
  • Akira Terao as Jiro Makino
  • Masato Hoshi as Isao Torada
  • Takehiko Ono as Tadashi Ouchi (Bō-san)
  • Kaku Takashina as Yonezō Maruyama
  • Ryuta Mine as Gan Kamijō
  • Shunsuke Kariya as Hyōsuke Miyamoto (Benkei)
  • Yujiro Ishihara as Doctor Gorō Munakata

Insert songs

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  • Part II

"Hitori" by Tetsuya Watari.

  • Part III

"Higure Zaka" by Tetsuya Watari.

References

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  1. ^ "渡哲也が"特別解説"する「大都会」 芸能ショナイ業務話". iza. 4 April 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "石原プロが58年の歴史に終止符…「自分の作りたいものを作る」から生まれた映画、ドラマ、歌". msn.com. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "大都会とは". kotobank. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "大都会 Part 2". BS11. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  5. ^ "渡哲也『大都会』秘話を熱く語る「優作にお説教されてましたね」". sansponews. 4 April 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  6. ^ a b "大都会PART3". BS11. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  7. ^ a b "大都会闘いの日々". Ishihara Promotion. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  8. ^ a b "大都会 Part 2". Ishihara Promotion. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  9. ^ "大都会闘いの日々". BS11. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  10. ^ "大都会 Part 2". Amazon. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  11. ^ "大都会part3". Ishihara Promotion. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
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