Daitsuiseki
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Also known as大追跡
GenreDetective Drama
Created byHirokichi Okada (NTV)
Directed byYasuharu Hasebe
Toru Murakawa
Keiichi Ozawaetc
Toru Murakawa
Keiichi Ozawaetc
| Daitsuiseki | |
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| Also known as | 大追跡 |
| Genre | Detective Drama |
| Created by | Hirokichi Okada (NTV) |
| Directed by | Yasuharu Hasebe Toru Murakawa Keiichi Ozawaetc |
| Starring | Yūzō Kayama Masaya Oki Kyōhei Shibata Naomi Hase Tatsuya Fuji |
| Music by | Yuji Ohno |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
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| Running time | 46 minutes (per episode) |
| Production company | Toho Co., Ltd. |
| Original release | |
| Network | NNS (NTV) |
| Release | April 4, 1978 – September 26, 1981 |
Daitsuiseki (大追跡, , literally The Great Chase) was a Japanese comedy-action police TV series. It starred regulars Yūzō Kayama, Masaya Oki, Tatsuya Fuji, Naomi Hase, and Kyohei Shibata, with Fumio Watanabe as a semi-regular. It ran for twenty-six episodes in 1978 and won popularity.[1][2][3] It is noted for the ad-libbing and jokes by the cast and staff, which became more frequent as the show wore on.
Kyohei Shibata appeared as regular cast for the first time in TV drama series.[4]
The final episode was directed by Toru Murakawa who was simultaneously directing the film Satsujin Yūgi featuring Yūsaku Matsuda and Yutaka Nakajima, and thus pulled them in for cameo roles.
- Yūzō Kayama[5] as Eiichi Nitta
- Tatsuya Fuji as Shinsuke Mizuhara
- Masaya Oki as Shiro Yabuki
- Kyōhei Shibata (actor) as Minoru Takimoto
- Naomi Hase as Kayoko Yuki
- Fumio Watanabe as Iwao Takaoka