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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]
| Daitokai Series | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Detective drama |
| Written by | Sō Kuramoto(First season) |
| Directed by | Toshio Masuda Koreyoshi Kurahara Tōru Murakawa Yasuharu Hasebe Keiichi Ozawa |
| Starring | Tetsuya Watari Kei Satō Akira Terao Joe Shishido Masaki Kanda Sei Hiraizumi Kaku Takashina Akiko Nishina Yūsuke Takita Yusaku Matsuda Yujiro Ishihara |
| Narrated by | Kiyoshi Kobayashi |
| Opening theme | Masato Sugimoto (Part 2) |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 132[1] |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Yujiro Ishihara |
| Producers | Masahiko Kobayashi Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi |
| Camera setup | Mitsuji Kanau |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production companies | Ishihara promotion NTV[2] |
| Original release | |
| Network | NTV |
| Release | January 6, 1976 – September 11, 1979 |
Plot
editSergeant 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
editDaitokai Tatakai no Hibi (31 episodes)[7][9]
- Tetsuya Watari as Raisuke Kuroiwa (Kuro-san)
- Yujiro Ishihara as Takigawa Ryuta (Baku-san)
- Akiko Nishina as Keiko Kuroiwa
- Kei Satō as Yukio Fukamachi
- Isao Tamagawa as Mitsuhiko Ishiki
- Kaku Takashina as Yonezō Maruyama
- Takehiko Ono as Tadashi Ouchi (Bousan)
- Kōjirō Kusanagi as Goichi Takagi
- Akira Terao as Akira Hidaka
- Masaki Kanda as Kōji Kujō
- Joe Shishido as Junichirō Matsukawa
- Sei Hiraizumi as Akihiko Okubo
- Hiroko Shino as Naoko Miura
Daitokai Part II (52 episodes)[8][10]
- Tetsuya Watari as Raisuke Kuroiwa (Kuro-san)
- Yusaku Matsuda as Isao Tokuyoshi (Toku)
- Kaku Takashina as Yonezō Maruyama
- Masaki Kanda as Sōtarō Jin (episode 14-52)
- Ryuta Mine as Gan Kamijō (Saru)
- Gō Awazu as Haruo Hirahara (episode 1-13)
- Takehiko Ono as Tadashi Ouchi (Bōsan)
- Shunsuke Kariya as Hyōsuke Miyamoto (Benkei)
- Asao Koike as Tsutomu Yoshioka
- Akiko Nishina as Keiko Kuroiwa (episode 1-8,19)
- Yūsuke Takita as Kiyosato Yamamoto
- Kei Satō as Yukio Fukamachi
- Yujiro Ishihara as Doctor Gorō Munakata
- Mitsuko Oka as Nurse Kyōko Yoshino
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
edit- Part II
"Hitori" by Tetsuya Watari.
- Part III
"Higure Zaka" by Tetsuya Watari.
References
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- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "大都会PART3". BS11. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- ^ a b "大都会闘いの日々". Ishihara Promotion. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- ^ a b "大都会 Part 2". Ishihara Promotion. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
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