# Daitokai Series

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1976 Japanese TV series or program

Daitokai Series Genre Detective drama Written by Sō Kuramoto(First season) Directed by Toshio Masuda Koreyoshi Kurahara Tōru Murakawa Yasuharu Hasebe Keiichi Ozawa Starring Tetsuya Watari Kei Satō Akira Terao Joe Shishido Masaki Kanda Sei Hiraizumi Kaku Takashina Akiko Nishina Yūsuke Takita Yusaku Matsuda Yujiro Ishihara Isao Tamagawa Shizuo Chujo Kōjirō Kusanagi Takehiko Ono Go Awazu Hiroshi Yagyu Ryuta Mine Shunsuke Kariya Asao Koike Munenori Oyamada Masato Hoshi Junichi Takagi Narrated by Kiyoshi Kobayashi Opening theme Masato Sugimoto (Part 2) Country of origin Japan Original language Japanese No. of seasons 3 No. of episodes 132[1] Production Executive producer Yujiro Ishihara Producers Masahiko Kobayashi Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Camera setup Mitsuji Kanau Running time 45 minutes Production companies Ishihara promotion NTV[2] Original release Network NTV Release January 6, 1976 (1976-01-06) – September 11, 1979 (1979-09-11)

***Daitokai*** (大都会, ****The Big City*** or ***Metropolis****) was a popular prime-time television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1976 to 1979[3] for a total of 132 episodes and three seasons, each with its own story arc. The lead star was [Tetsuya Watari](/source/Tetsuya_Watari).[4][5] The drama won popularity and was followed by *[Seibu Keisatsu](/source/Seibu_Keisatsu)*.[6]

## Plot

Sergeant Raisuke Kuroiwa ([Tetsuya Watari](/source/Tetsuya_Watari)) and the Kuroiwa Force, a special [Flying Squad](/source/Flying_Squad)-esque division of the [Tokyo Metropolitan Police](/source/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Police) solves crimes and cracks down on their perpetrators.[7][8]

## Cast

*Daitokai Tatakai no Hibi* (31 episodes)[7][9]

- [Tetsuya Watari](/source/Tetsuya_Watari) as Raisuke Kuroiwa (Kuro-san)

- [Yujiro Ishihara](/source/Yujiro_Ishihara) as Ryuta Takigawa (Baku-san)

- [Akiko Nishina](/source/Akiko_Nishina) as Keiko Kuroiwa

- [Kei Satō](/source/Kei_Sat%C5%8D) as Yukio Fukamachi

- [Isao Tamagawa](/source/Isao_Tamagawa) as Mitsuhiko Ishiki

- [Shizuo Chujo](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E6%9D%A1%E9%9D%99%E5%A4%AB) as Otokichi Kagami

- [Kaku Takashina](/source/Kaku_Takashina) as Yonezo Maruyama

- [Takehiko Ono](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E9%87%8E%E6%AD%A6%E5%BD%A6) as Tadashi Ouchi (Bousan)

- [Kōjirō Kusanagi](/source/K%C5%8Djir%C5%8D_Kusanagi) as Goichi Takagi

- [Go Awazu](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B2%9F%E6%B4%A5%E8%99%9F) as Haruo Hirahara

- [Akira Terao](/source/Akira_Terao) as Akira Hidaka

- [Masaki Kanda](/source/Masaki_Kanda) as Koji Kujo

- [Joe Shishido](/source/Joe_Shishido) as Junichiro Matsukawa

- [Sei Hiraizumi](/source/Sei_Hiraizumi) as Akihiko Okubo

- Hiroko Shino as Naoko Miura

- [Hiroshi Yagyu](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%B3%E7%94%9F%E5%8D%9A) as Kiuchi

*Daitokai Part II* (52 episodes)[8][10]

- [Tetsuya Watari](/source/Tetsuya_Watari) as Raisuke Kuroiwa (Kuro-san)

- [Yusaku Matsuda](/source/Yusaku_Matsuda) as Isao Tokuyoshi (Toku)

- [Kaku Takashina](/source/Kaku_Takashina) as Yonezo Maruyama

- [Masaki Kanda](/source/Masaki_Kanda) as Sotaro Kami (episode 14-52)

- [Ryuta Mine](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B3%B0%E7%AB%9C%E5%A4%AA) as Iwao Kamijo (Saru)

- [Go Awazu](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B2%9F%E6%B4%A5%E8%99%9F) as Haruo Hirahara (episode 1-13)

- [Takehiko Ono](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E9%87%8E%E6%AD%A6%E5%BD%A6) as Tadashi Ouchi (Bōsan)

- [Shunsuke Kariya](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8B%85%E8%B0%B7%E4%BF%8A%E4%BB%8B) as Hyosuke Miyamoto (Benkei)

- [Asao Koike](/source/Asao_Koike) as Tsutomu Yoshioka

- [Akiko Nishina](/source/Akiko_Nishina) as Keiko Kuroiwa (episode 1-8,19)

- [Yūsuke Takita](/source/Y%C5%ABsuke_Takita) as Kiyori Yamamoto

- [Kei Satō](/source/Kei_Sat%C5%8D) as Yukio Fukamachi

- [Yujiro Ishihara](/source/Yujiro_Ishihara) as Goro Munakata

- Mitsuko Oka as Nurse Kyōko Yoshino

- [Munenori Oyamada](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E5%B1%B1%E7%94%B0%E5%AE%97%E5%BE%B3) as Tsutomu Takei

- [Isao Tamagawa](/source/Isao_Tamagawa) as Tamotsu Kajiyama

*Daitokai Part III* (49 episodes)[6][11]

- [Tetsuya Watari](/source/Tetsuya_Watari) as Raisuke Kuroiwa (Kuro-san)

- [Akira Terao](/source/Akira_Terao) as Jiro Makino

- [Masato Hoshi](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%98%9F%E6%AD%A3%E4%BA%BA) as Isao Torada

- [Takehiko Ono](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E9%87%8E%E6%AD%A6%E5%BD%A6) as Tadashi Ouchi (Bō-san)

- [Kaku Takashina](/source/Kaku_Takashina) as Yonezo Maruyama

- [Ryuta Mine](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B3%B0%E7%AB%9C%E5%A4%AA) as Iwao Kamijo

- [Shunsuke Kariya](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8B%85%E8%B0%B7%E4%BF%8A%E4%BB%8B) as Hyosuke Miyamoto (Benkei)

- [Yujiro Ishihara](/source/Yujiro_Ishihara) as Goro Munakata

- [Junichi Takagi](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E5%9F%8E%E6%B7%B3%E4%B8%80) as Otokichi Kagawa

## Insert songs

- *Part II*

"Hitori" by [Tetsuya Watari](/source/Tetsuya_Watari).

- *Part III*

"Higure Zaka" by [Tetsuya Watari](/source/Tetsuya_Watari).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["渡哲也が"特別解説"する「大都会」 芸能ショナイ業務話"](https://www.iza.ne.jp/kiji/entertainments/news/160404/ent16040413040024-n1.html). iza. 4 April 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["石原プロが58年の歴史に終止符…「自分の作りたいものを作る」から生まれた映画、ドラマ、歌"](https://www.msn.com/ja-jp/news/opinion/%E7%9F%B3%E5%8E%9F%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%81%8C58%E5%B9%B4%E3%81%AE%E6%AD%B4%E5%8F%B2%E3%81%AB%E7%B5%82%E6%AD%A2%E7%AC%A6-%E8%87%AA%E5%88%86%E3%81%AE%E4%BD%9C%E3%82%8A%E3%81%9F%E3%81%84%E3%82%82%E3%81%AE%E3%82%92%E4%BD%9C%E3%82%8B-%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E7%94%9F%E3%81%BE%E3%82%8C%E3%81%9F%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB-%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E-%E6%AD%8C/ar-BB1ckByG). msn.com. Retrieved November 15, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["大都会とは"](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%A4%A7%E9%83%BD%E4%BC%9A-557918). kotobank. Retrieved November 15, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["大都会 Part 2"](https://www.bs11.jp/movie/-part/). BS11. Retrieved November 15, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["渡哲也『大都会』秘話を熱く語る「優作にお説教されてましたね」"](https://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20160404/geo16040405060006-n3.html). sansponews. 4 April 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-BS11_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-BS11_6-1) ["大都会PART3"](https://www.bs11.jp/movie/sp/daitokai-3/). BS11. Retrieved November 15, 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-IP_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-IP_7-1) ["大都会闘いの日々"](https://web.archive.org/web/20191116105414/https://www.ishihara-pro.co.jp/sakuhin/daitokai/part1_about.html). Ishihara Promotion. Archived from [the original](https://www.ishihara-pro.co.jp/sakuhin/daitokai/part1_about.html) on November 16, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-IP2_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-IP2_8-1) ["大都会 Part 2"](https://web.archive.org/web/20191116105416/https://www.ishihara-pro.co.jp/sakuhin/daitokai/part2_about.html). Ishihara Promotion. Archived from [the original](https://www.ishihara-pro.co.jp/sakuhin/daitokai/part2_about.html) on November 16, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["大都会闘いの日々"](https://www.bs11.jp/movie/post-233/). BS11. Retrieved November 15, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["大都会 Part 2"](https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E5%A4%A7%E9%83%BD%E4%BC%9A-PART%E2%85%A1-BOX-1-DVD-%E7%9F%B3%E5%8E%9F%E8%A3%95%E6%AC%A1%E9%83%8E/dp/B006VRCKQS). Amazon. Retrieved November 15, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["大都会part3"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200805051042/https://www.ishihara-pro.co.jp/sakuhin/daitokai/part3_about.html). Ishihara Promotion. Archived from [the original](https://www.ishihara-pro.co.jp/sakuhin/daitokai/part3_about.html) on August 5, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2019.

## External links

- [*Daitokai - Tatakai no hibi*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1558584/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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