Tokyo Megure Keishi
Tokyo Megure Keishi | |
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Japanese | 東京メグレ警視シリーズ |
Genre | |
Based on | Jules Maigret by Georges Simenon |
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Starring | |
Composer | Ryudo Uzaki |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 25 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 54 minutes |
Production company | Asahi Broadcasting Corporation |
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Network | TV Asahi |
Release | April 14 September 29, 1978 | –
Tokyo Megure Keishi Series (Japanese: 東京メグレ警視シリーズ, Hepburn: Tokyo megure keishi shirīzu) is a Japanese detective television drama series broadcast on TV Asahi, produced by Asahi Broadcasting (ABC TV) and Telepack.[1][2] It is the fifth drama co-produced by TV Asahi. It aired from April 14, 1978 to September 29, 1978. It was broadcast in one-hour episodes from 9 PM to 10 PM on Friday nights, for a total of 25 episodes.[3]
Synopsis
The series is based on Georges Simenon's Jules Maigret; it is a detective drama series in genre. Although based on Maigret's stories, the setting of this drama is actually in Japan. Kinya Aikawa, chiefly known for his voice roles, plays Megure, a Japanese-born version of Maigret.[3][4]
Reception
The series was praised by Georges Simenon himself, who especially praised
Cast
- Kinya Aikawa as Megure
- Tomomi Satoas Mrs Megure
- Kazuya Kosaka
- Katsu Ryuzaki
- Tatsuro Nadaka
- Hanakikyo
- Nobuo Kaneko
- Kojiro Kusanagi
- Tsuneda Fujio
- Junkichi Orimoto
- Etsuko Ichihara
- Atsuo Nakamura
Episodes
No. | Title | Guest stars |
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Episode 1 | Keishi to seifu kokan (警視と政府高官) |
Satoshi Yamamura, Eiji Okada, Etsushi Takahashi, Kiyoshi Maekawa |
Episode 2 | Keishi machigau (警視間違う) |
Fubuki Jun |
Episode 3 | Keishi to tsuma o netora reta otoko (警視と妻を寝取られた男) |
Takuzo Kawatani |
Episode 4 | Keishi to satsujin-sha-tachi (警視と殺人者たち) |
Yasunori Irikawa |
Episode 5 | Keishi to garufurendo (警視とガールフレンド) |
Hiromi Kurita |
Episode 6 | Keishi to Monmarutoru no on'na (警視とモンマルトルの女) |
Mako Midori |
Episode 7 | Keishi to uchiakebanashi (警視と打ち明け話) |
Sei Hiraizumi |
Episode 8 | Keishi to kuchi no katai shonin-tachi (警視と口の固い証人たち) |
Bunjaku Han |
Episode 9 | Keishi to benchi no otoko (警視とベンチの男) |
Yusuke Takita, Hiroko Kiiro, Masayuki Suzuki |
Episode 10 | Keishi to kubi-nashi shitai (警視と首無し死体) |
Morio Kazama and Eiko Muramatsu |
Episode 11 | Keishi to saifu o tta otoko (警視と財布を掏った男) |
Orie Sato |
Episode 12 | Keishi to kayo no asa no homon-sha (警視と火曜の朝の訪問者) |
Hiroshi Yagyu, Sakura Kamo |
Episode 13 | Keishi fujin no inai yoru (警視夫人のいない夜) |
Narumi Kayashima, Hajime Kimura |
Episode 14 | Keishi to korosa reta yogi-sha (警視と殺された容疑者) |
Choichiro Kawarasaki, Mojiro Sato, and Yoshio Oran |
Episode 15 | Keishi to minamijūjisei (警視と南十字星) |
Mayumi Ogawa |
Episode 16 | Keishi to hitori botchi no otoko (警視とひとりぼっちの男) |
Yoshika Yonekura, Kaori Shima |
Episode 17 | Keishi to koen no on'na (警視と公園の女) |
Miyoko Akaza, Shogen Nitta |
Episode 18 | Keishi to kieta shitai (警視と消えた死体) |
Murasaki Fujima, Shogo Shimizu |
Episode 19 | Keishi to yurei (警視と幽霊) |
Hideko Takehara |
Episode 20 | Keishi to rokuon mania (警視と録音マニア) |
Akira Yamauchi, Kayoko Tomoka |
Episode 21 | Keishi to manatsunoyorunoyume (警視と真夏の夜の夢) |
Tsuguaki Yoshida, Ayako Hosho |
Episode 22 | Keishi to rofufu no nazo (警視と老夫婦の謎) |
Chieko Murata, Romi Yamada |
Episode 23 | Keishi to zenryona hitobito (警視と善良な人々) |
Akira Nakao, Shuko Motoami, Ai Suwa |
Episode 24 | Keishi to satsujin yokoku (警視と殺人予告) |
Higashi Terumi |
Episode 25 | Keishi to saigo no jiken (警視と最後の事件) |
Hiroyuki Nagato and Kotonei Hatsui |
Trivia
References
- ^ びぶろす (in Japanese). Vol. 36. 官廳図書館研究会. p. 296.
- ^ 東京大学; 新聞硏究所 (1981). 東京大学新聞硏究所紀要 (in Japanese). Vol. 29. 同硏究所. p. 277. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Maigret Films & TV". www.trussel.com. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ Vanniyar, Adrian. "Maigret: do you know the Japanese series?". Daily Hind News.
- ^ "A picture of Kinya Aikawa as Maigret/Megure, and Simenon's quote from La Revue du Cinéma nº 454, November 1989. Article retrieved on Trussel.com". Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ エンタメOVO. "倒錯やフェティシズムに満ちたミステリー『メグレと若い女の死』/監督と2人の俳優との三つどもえの戦い『コンペティション』【映画コラム". www.ovo.kyodo.co.jp (in Japanese).
- ^ Alikhan, Anvar (30 June 2017). "How Rowan Atkinson has been brilliantly miscast (or the strange case of Inspector Maigret)". Scroll.in. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- Yahoo Japan. Archived from the originalon 16 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
External links
- Tokyo Megure Keishi at IMDb