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produced by and broadcast on

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Plot

The series portrays the Western Police Headquarters Criminal Investigation Division's

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Keisuke Daimon, played by

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and his subordinates, dubbed the , and their superior, Section Chief Kogure, played by Yujiro Ishihara, as they fight against Tokyo's underworld. With its flashy, over-the-top explosion scenes, and car stunts, this series gained a reputation as a

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drama. It is representative of the police & detective dramas of the 1980s.

Series

*''Seibu Keisatsu'' (10/14/1979 – 4/18/1982) *''Seibu Keisatsu Part II'' (5/30/1982 – 3/20/1983) *''Seibu Keisatsu Part III'' (4/3/1983 – 10/22/1984) *''

Seibu Keisatsu Special is a television drama produced by and broadcast on . The show aired on Japanese television on October 31, 2004, in conjunction with the 17th anniversary of the death of Yujiro Ishihara. It carries on the ''Seibu Keisatsu'' series, which was br ...

'' (10/31/2004)

Cast

: Keisuke Daimon * Akiji Kobayashi : Chotaro Minami *

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: Takeshi Matsuda(Riki) *

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: Soutaro Tatsumi(Tatsu) / Eiji Hatomura(Hato) *

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: Goro Okita *

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: Jun Godai * Toshio Shiba : Shinnosuke Yamagata * Shunsuke Kariya : Koji Genda *

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: Gentarō Hama (Part2 ep.1-35) * Eiken Shōji : Takeshi Ninomiya *

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: Daisaku Tani * Ryuta Mine : Ippei Hirao *

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: Akiko Daimon * Yujiro Ishihara : Chief Kenzo Kogure

Statistics

During the 5-year course of the show, a total of 236 episodes were filmed, with roughly 4,680 vehicles of all types being destroyed during the course of filming, 4.8 tons of explosives being used as well as close to 320 buildings destroyed. Surprisingly, no deaths were recorded, though there were six injured staff and crew members. The average viewer rating was at 14.5% in the Kanto Area.

Vehicles

Daimon Force

Nissan provided a wide variety of vehicles for the show, most notably for use as police vehicles as well as villain vehicles. The majority of the patrol cars in the show are a mix of

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, Gloria,

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as well as Skyline sedans. For vehicle wrecking scenes the 230 and 330 model Cedrics, Glorias and Laurels were mainly used; as the filming staff had strict orders not to damage any of the 430 model Cedric marked patrol cars. The series also had several notable cars used by the main heroes, including RS Machines 1 to 3, all of which were based on the Nissan Skyline DR30 Turbo RS; as well as Machine-X, a modified Nissan Skyline 2000 TURBO GT-E (HGC211) used primarily by Chief Daimon. There was also Super-Z: a modified Nissan 280ZX 2+2 with gull-wing doors, turbocharger, nitrous, computers, and also quad 20mm guns mounted on the hood. More noteworthy vehicles include a 1980

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which was also heavily modified with a radar camera, computer and also a water cannon with a water pressure so high it was shown to be able to flip a car; three modified Nissan Skylines, dubbed RS vehicles (all modified for special use by the Daimon Force) and a 1980

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convertible, which was Section Chief Kogure's personal vehicle. Being a motorcycle cop from the beginning of the series Eiji Hatomura (played by

) used modified Suzuki motorcycles; in particular a GSX1100 Katana, which was his character's favourite bike in the series. Almost all of the special vehicles are as of today, preserved by Ishihara Promotion. ; Daimon Force automobiles NISSAN GAZELLE SEIBU POLICE 01.JPG, Kogure's

, modified to a convertible File:C210Skyline2000GT.jpg, Daimon's Machine X, a modified Nissan Skyline (C211) 2000 Turbo GT-E 1981_Nissan_Safari_4WD_VRG160_Seibu_Keisatsu.jpg,

, equipped with

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s File:Super Z front-right 2017 Yujiro Memorial Hall.jpg, Daimon's Super Z, a modified Nissan Fairlady Z (S130) / 280ZX File:Machine RS-1 front-left 2017 Yujiro Memorial Hall.jpg, Machine RS-1, a modified Nissan Skyline (R30) 2000 Turbo RS File:Machine RS-2 front-right 2017 Yujiro Memorial Hall.jpg, Machine RS-2, a modified Nissan Skyline (R30) 2000 Turbo RS File:Machine RS-3 front-right 2017 Yujiro Memorial Hall.jpg, Machine RS-3, a modified Nissan Skyline (R30) 2000 RS ; Hatomura's motorcycles File:Suzuki GSX1100X Katana front-right 2017 Yujiro Memorial Hall.jpg, Black Katana, a modified Suzuki GSX-1000S Katana File:Suzuki GSX1100 Katana R front-left1 2017 Yujiro Memorial Hall.jpg, Katana-R, a

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-modified GSX-1000S Katana

Antagonists

The series' antagonists used a wide variety of vehicles, some of the most notable including: *a massive armored car, the TU-89 355 Ladybird used in episode 1 and 2 of Part I by a hired right-wing mercenary and his henchmen aiming for a national coup d'etat and revenge against Daimon *an illegally-modified

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used by bank robbers in episode 45 of Part I *a stolen

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, used in episode 47 of Part I *a hijacked Hiroshima Electric Railway 750 tram in episode 18 of Part II *a Hamana Lake pleasure boat used in episode 11 of Part II by gold smugglers *an Isuzu Elf in episode 26 of Part II *a disguised

Nissan Cedric The is a large automobile produced by Nissan since 1960. It was developed to provide upscale transportation, competing with the Prince Skyline and Gloria which were later merged into the Nissan family. In later years, the Nissan Skyline was posi ...

van used by jewel smugglers in Episode 39 *a fishing boat used in episode 19 of Part III by weapons smugglers *a fake Super Z used by a rival of Daimon's in episode 14 of Part III *a train carrying the MX-83, a

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used in episode 23 of Part III with the specific use of destroying a ship carrying exiled African politicians *a tanker truck made by Hino Motors in episode 30 of Part III *a hijacked Nissan Diesel tour bus used in episode 39 of Part III

References

External links

Article on Seibu Keisatsu

Official Site (Remake)
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