　was a popular prime-time television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1976 to 1979 for a total of 132 episodes and three seasons, each with its own story arc. The lead star was

Tetsuya Watari born (December 28, 1941 – August 10, 2020) was a Japanese film, stage, and television actor. Life He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University. Watari belonged to the karate club at university. He made his screen debut in 1964, in Isamu Kosugi ...

. The drama won popularity and was followed by ''

Seibu Keisatsu is a television drama series produced by and broadcast on TV Asahi. Plot The series portrays the Western Police Headquarters Criminal Investigation Division's Sergeant Keisuke Daimon, played by Tetsuya Watari and his subordinates, dubbed the ...

''.

Plot

Sergeant Raisuke Kuroiwa (

) and the Kuroiwa Force, a special

Flying Squad The Flying Squad is a branch of the Serious and Organised Crime Command within London's Metropolitan Police Service. It is also known as the Robbery Squad, Specialist Crime Directorate 7, SC&O7 and SO7. It is nicknamed The Sweeney, an abbrevia ...

-esque division of the

Tokyo Metropolitan Police The serves as the prefectural police department of Tokyo Metropolis. Founded in 1874, it is headed by a Superintendent-General, who is appointed by the National Public Safety Commission, and approved by the Prime Minister. The Tokyo Metro ...

solves crimes and cracks down on their perpetrators.

Cast

''Daitokai Tatakai no Hibi'' (31 episodes) *

as Raisuke Kuroiwa (Kuro-san) * Yujiro Ishihara as Takigawa Ryuta (Baku-san) * Akiko Nishina as Keiko Kuroiwa *

Kei Satō was a Japanese character actor and narrator. He is known for his work with Japanese New Wave director Nagisa Oshima, and for several films with Kaneto Shindo, such as '' Onibaba'' and '' Kuroneko''. He won the best actor award from ''Kinema Ju ...

as Yukio Fukamachi *

Isao Tamagawa was a Japanese actor. He appeared in the Japanese film ''Branded to Kill'', as Michihiko Yabuhara: the yakuza boss that hires Hanada and seduces his wife. Upon the discovery that his diamond smuggling operation has been burgled, he employs Hanada ...

as Mitsuhiko Ishiki *

Kaku Takashina was a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 9th Hochi Film Award and at the 6th Yokohama Film Festival for ''Mahjong hōrōki''. Selected filmography *''Tekken no machi'' (1947) *''Arabiya monogatari'' (1951) *''Koi ...

as Yonezō Maruyama *Takehiko Ono as Tadashi Ouchi (Bousan) *

Kōjirō Kusanagi was a Japanese actor. Biography He began acting at the Yoshi Hijikatas theatre Company after dropping out of Nihon University. Kusanagi made his film debut in 1953 in ''Yoake Mae'' directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. In 1956, he starred in ''Dar ...

as Goichi Takagi *

Akira Terao is a Japanese musician, singer and movie actor. As of 2012, he is the only male actor to have received both the Japan Record Award and the Japan Academy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role. Early life Terao was bor ...

as Akira Hidaka * Masaki Kanda as Kōji Kujō *

Joe Shishido was a Japanese actor most recognizable for his intense, eccentric yakuza film roles and his artificially enlarged cheekbones. He appeared in some 300 films but is best known in the West for his performance in the cult film '' Branded to Kill'' ...

as Junichirō Matsukawa *

Sei Hiraizumi is a Japanese actor. In 1964, Hiraizumi joined Daiei Film company and started his acting career. In the 1970s to early 1980s, he appeared in a lot of jidaigeki and detective television dramas as a guest villain actor. Hiraizumi starred as Koichi ...

as Akihiko Okubo *Hiroko Shino as Naoko Miura ''Daitokai Part II'' (52 episodes) *

as Raisuke Kuroiwa (Kuro-san) * Yusaku Matsuda as Isao Tokuyoshi (Toku) *

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 was a Japanese actor. He is most famous for playing yakuza roles. He is also known as voice actor. In 1950, he joined the Bungakuza Theatre Company. In 1963, he left the Bungakuza Theatre Company and established the Kumo Theatre Company. He appe ...

as Tsutomu Yoshioka * Akiko Nishina as Keiko Kuroiwa (episode 1-8,19) *

Yūsuke Takita , known by the stage name , was a Japanese actor. He was born in Kitazawa, Setagaya (now Kitazawa, Setagaya, Tokyo), Ehara, Tokyo Prefecture. He formerly belonged to Gekidan Haiyūza. Biography After dropping out of Waseda University's departmen ...

as Kiyosato Yamamoto *

as Yukio Fukamachi * Yujiro Ishihara as Doctor Gorō Munakata *Mitsuko Oka as Nurse Kyōko Yoshino ''Daitokai Part III'' (49 episodes) *

as Raisuke Kuroiwa (Kuro-san) *

as Jiro Makino *Masato Hoshi as Isao Torada *Takehiko Ono as Tadashi Ouchi (Bō-san) *

as Yonezō Maruyama *Ryuta Mine as Gan Kamijō *Shunsuke Kariya as Hyōsuke Miyamoto (Benkei) * Yujiro Ishihara as Doctor Gorō Munakata

Insert songs

*''Part II'' "Hitori" by

. *''Part III'' "Higure Zaka" by

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daitokai Series Japanese drama television series Japanese crime television series 1970s Japanese television series Japanese detective television drama series Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department in fiction Japanese action television series