is an action and comedy Japanese TV series starring
Masaya Oki
was a Japanese actor and singer who appeared in many films and television series.
Life
He was born in Beppu, Ōita, as . Because of his parents' divorce, he left his home and went to Tokyo. In the same year, he debuted as a film actor at the Ni ...
which was originally broadcast on
Nippon TV in 1979. The show won great popularity in its time.
It is noted for the ad-libbing and jokes by the cast and staff.
Plot
Masato Asō was a detective of Nizuma police station but he was forced to resign. He sets up office in a building in
Aoyama as a private detective. Asō solves various incidents taking advantage of his former profession. He is always trying to get a lot of money even with nearly illegal ways through works from clients. But eventually, it always ends up not working.
Each of Asō private detective office's members has their own profession, but helps Aso's investigation as a part-time job.
[沖雅也in太陽にほえろ! p.96-99 ] They have unique nicknames.
Cast
Asō's private detective office members
*
Masaya Oki
was a Japanese actor and singer who appeared in many films and television series.
Life
He was born in Beppu, Ōita, as . Because of his parents' divorce, he left his home and went to Tokyo. In the same year, he debuted as a film actor at the Ni ...
as Masato Asō (Cap)
*
Yumi Takigawa as Youko Fujinami (You), a secretary of Asō
*
Kyōhei Shibata as Shōzō Irie (Darts)
*
Masaki Kanda
is a Japanese actor. He is well known for his role as Doc (Akira Saijō in ''Taiyō ni Hoero!''). His ex-wife is singer Seiko Matsuda and their daughter was actress Sayaka Kanda.
Biography
Kanda was born on December 21, 1950 in Tokyo.
He wa ...
as Jun Serizawa (Jun)
*
Atsushi Watanabe as Itaru Shimaoka (Navi)
Niizuma Police station detectives
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Tōru Emori as Detective Nagumo, Asō's former boss
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Hiroshi Katsuno as Detective Katsura, Asō's former colleague and close friend
* Keiji Mikage as Detective Kanazawa, Asō's former colleague
* Yuji Yokotani as Detective Jimbo (Gorilla)
Others
*
Akira Onodera
is a Japanese actor and narrator. He is well known for his role as Denka in ''Taiyō ni Hoero!''. He made his television debut in 1969 with ''Panto Akogare.
In 2015, Onodera won the award for best supporting actor of Tokyo Sports Film Award for ...
as Lawer Fujinami
* Naomi Hase as Kumiko, a secretary of Fujinami
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Tappei Shimokawa as Harada
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Taisaku Akino as Suehiro Teppie
Staff
*Producer: Hirokichi Okada
*Music: SHOGUN
*Action director:
Kunishirō Hayashi (Hayashi appeared as an actor in episode 16.)
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 1959015
Japanese drama television series
Nippon TV dramas
Detective television series
1979 Japanese television series debuts
Japanese detective television drama series