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Onihei Hankachō (1975 TV series)

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Onihei Hankachō
Also known as鬼平犯科帳
GenreJidaigeki
Directed byMasahiro Takase
Yoshiki Onoda
StarringTetsuro Tamba
Takahiro Tamura
Akihiko Hirata
Ichirō Nakatani
Kojiro Hongo
Hiroshi Koizumi
Yōko Nogiwa
Theme music composerTakeo Yamashita
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes26
Production
ProducerHisao Ichikawa
Running time45 minutes (per episode)
Production companiesNET, Toho
Original release
NetworkNET
ReleaseApril 1975 (1975-04) –
September 1975 (1975-09)

Onihei Hankachō (鬼平犯科帳) is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in 1975.[1][2] It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel by the same title. Tetsuro Tamba plays the role of Heizō Hasegawa.[3][4]

Plot

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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.[5][6]

Cast

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "鬼平犯科帳〈3〉デジタル大辞泉プラス〉」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Tamba`s Onihei Hankachō". Jidaigeki.Com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Onihei Hankachō". Home drama channel. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Onihei Hankachō". ドラマdb. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Onihei Hankachō". BS Fuji. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Onihei Hankachō". bs11 channel. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Onihei Hankachō". ザテレビジョン. Retrieved 10 March 2019.