Onihei Hankachō (1975 TV series)
Onihei Hankachō | |
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Also known as | 鬼平犯科帳 |
Genre | Jidaigeki |
Directed by | Masahiro Takase Yoshiki Onoda |
Starring |
Tetsuro Tamba Takahiro Tamura Akihiko Hirata Ichirō Nakatani Kojiro Hongo Hiroshi Koizumi Yōko Nogiwa |
Theme music composer | Takeo Yamashita |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Producer | Hisao Ichikawa |
Running time | 45 minutes (per episode) |
Production companies | NET, Toho |
Original release | |
Network | NET |
Release | April 1975 – September 1975 |
Onihei Hankachō (鬼平犯科帳) is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in 1975. It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel by the same title. Tetsuro Tamba plays the role of Heizō Hasegawa.
Plot
The Tokugawa shogunate set special police called Hitsuke Tozoku aratamegata to crack down on crimes. Hasegawa Heizō is a chief of Hitsuke Tōzoku Aratamegata. He is a talented man and feared like an oni by thieves. On the other hand, he is a man with big heart, and some former thieves impressed by his personality are now working for him. Hasegawa and his subordinates help each other to arrest thieves.
Cast
- Tetsuro Tamba as Hasegawa Heizō (Onihei)
- Ichirō Nakatani as Izeki Rokunosuke
- Yoko Nogiwa as Omasa
- Katsutoshi Arata as Kumehachi
- Takahiro Tamura as Kishii Samanosuke
- Kayo Matsuo as Otaki
- Akio Hasegawa as Harada
- Kokonte Shinshō as Kimura Chūgo (Usagi)
- Ryōhei Uchida as Ōtaki no Gorozō
- Hiroshi Koizumi as Sashima Tadasuke
- Akihiko Hirata as Kyōgoku Bizen
See also
- Onihei Hankachō
- Onihei Hankachō(1989 TV)