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 ...

, originally broadcast on

Nippon TV JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as (NTV) or Nippon TV, is a Japanese television station serving the Kantō region as the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned and operated by the , a sub ...

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 at Nizuma police station but was forced to resign. He sets up an 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 in nearly illegal ways through work 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 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 r ...

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 ...

as Lawyer Fujinami * Naomi Hase as Kumiko, a secretary of Fujinami * Tappei Shimokawa 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 ...

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 ''Wakakoma ...

(Hayashi appeared as an actor in episode 16.)

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1959015 Japanese drama television series Nippon Television dramas Detective television series 1979 Japanese television series debuts Japanese detective television drama series