, often shortened to , is a

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aired by

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between 1986 and 1987. Starring

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and Kyohei Shibata, the series became very popular and spawned films, spin-offs series, and books. The series follows a pair of detectives, Toshiki Takayama (Hiroshi Tachi) and Yuji Oshita (Kyôhei Shibata), from the Naka-ku branch of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police. Several model cars based on

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automobiles featured in the show were produced by model company

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. On February 6, 1990, a video game based on the series titled ''Mottomo Abunai Deka'' was released by

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Cast

: Toshiki Takayama (Taka) * Kyohei Shibata : Yūji Ōshita(Yūji) * Tōru Nakamura : Tōru Machida *

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: Kaoru Mayama *Michihiro Yamanishi : Yoshii *Bengal : Fumio Tanaka *

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: Yuko Matsumura *

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: Takuzō Kondō

Film

* Abunai Deka (1987) directed by

Yasuharu Hasebe was a Japanese people, Japanese film director best known for his movies in the "Violent pink" subgenre of the ''Pink film'', such as ''Assault! Jack the Ripper'' (1976 in film, 1976), ''Rape!'' (1976), ''Rape! 13th Hour'' (1977 in film, 1977) an ...

* Matamata Abunai Deka (1988) directed by Haruo Ichikura * Mottomo Abunai Deka (1989) directed by Tōru Murakawa * Abunai Deka Returns (1996) directed by Tōru Murakawa * Abunai Deka Forever The Movie (1998) directed by Yusuke Narita * Madamada Abunai Deka (2005) directed by Kunio Torii *

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(2016) directed by Tōru Murakawa

References

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