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 JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as , is the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned-and-operated by the which is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company , itself a listed su ...

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

as Masato Asō (Cap) *

Yumi Takigawa is a Japanese actress and singer. She has appeared in more than 50 films since 1974. Selected filmography Film Television Awards References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Takigawa, Yumi 1951 births Living people Singers from Tok ...

as Youko Fujinami (You), a secretary of Asō *

Kyōhei Shibata is a Japanese actor and singer. Shibata made his television debut in 1977 with " Daitokai Part II as a guest. In 1978, Shibata made his first regular appearance in the police drama ''Daitsuiseki''. Following year, he played a leading role for t ...

as Shōzō Irie (Darts) * Masaki Kanda as Jun Serizawa (Jun) * Atsushi Watanabe as Itaru Shimaoka (Navi)

Niizuma Police station detectives

Tōru Emori is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and theater director. He has appeared in more than sixty films since 1965. Career Emori entered the acting school at the Bungakuza theater troupe in 1962 and came to fame with the play ''Ōmugiiri no chikin s ...

as Detective Nagumo, Asō's former boss *

Hiroshi Katsuno is a Japanese actor.　He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University. Katsuno's debut was as a detective Texas in the television series Taiyō ni Hoero! in 1974 and he won great popularity through the role. The episode his character Texas was killed ...

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 *

Tappei Shimokawa was a Japanese actor. He attended Musashino Art University, but withdrew before completing his degree. In 1964, he joined Bungakuza Theatre Company but left in 1977. He is well known for his role as Chōsan (Detective Tarō Nozaki) in the dete ...

as Harada *

Taisaku Akino is a Japanese actor. In 1970, he married actress Kiwako Taichi. They later divorced. Selected filmography Films *''It's Tough Being a Man'' (1969) as Kawamata Noboru *'' Tora-san's Cherished Mother'' (1969) as Kawamata Noboru *''Tora-san's G ...

as Suehiro Teppie

Staff

*Producer: Hirokichi Okada *Music: SHOGUN *Action director:

Kunishirō Hayashi was a Japanese actor, action director, martial artist and sword fight arranger. He served as a sword fight arranger in almost all of the Taiga drama series on NHK in his lifetime. In 1963, he founded stunt performers production company ''Wakakom ...

(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