Daitokai (大都会 シリーズ, 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]
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Daitokai Series | |
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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] |
Release | |
Original network | NTV |
Original release | January 6, 1976 (1976-01-06) – September 11, 1979 (1979-09-11) |
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]
Daitokai Tatakai no Hibi (31 episodes)[7][9]
Daitokai Part II (52 episodes)[8][10]
Daitokai Part III (49 episodes)[6][11]
"Hitori" by Tetsuya Watari.
"Higure Zaka" by Tetsuya Watari.