Oretachi wa Tenshi da!

Oretachi wa Tenshi da!
Written byHideki Ogawa
Directed byTogorō Tsuchiya
Ryō Kinoshita
StarringMasaya Oki
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes20[1]
Production
ProducerHirokichi Okada
Running time45 min.
Production companyToho
Original release
NetworkNippon TV
ReleaseApril 15 (1979-04-15) –
November 4, 1979 (1979-11-04)

Oretachi wa Tenshi da! (俺たちは天使だ!) is an action and comedy Japanese TV series starring Masaya Oki, originally broadcast on Nippon TV in 1979. The show won great popularity in its time.[2][3][4] It is noted for the ad-libbing and jokes by the cast and staff.[4][2]

Plot

Masato Asō was a detective at Nizuma police station but was forced to resign. He sets up an office in a building in Aoyama as a private detective. Asō solves various incidents taking advantage of his former profession. He is always trying to get a lot of money even in nearly illegal ways through work from clients. But eventually, it always ends up not working.[4] Each of Asō private detective office's members has their own profession, but helps Aso's investigation as a part-time job.[3][5] They have unique nicknames.[3]

Cast

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Asō's private detective office members

Niizuma Police station detectives

  • Tōru Emori as Detective Nagumo, Asō's former boss
  • Hiroshi Katsuno as Detective Katsura, Asō's former colleague and close friend
  • Keiji Mikage as Detective Kanazawa, Asō's former colleague
  • Yuji Yokotani as Detective Jimbo (Gorilla)

Others

Staff

  • Producer: Hirokichi Okada
  • Music: SHOGUN
  • Action director: Kunishirō Hayashi (Hayashi appeared as an actor in episode 16.)

References

  1. ^ "俺たちは天使だ!とは". kotobank. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "俺たちは天使だ!" (in Japanese). ファミリー劇場. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  3. ^ a b c "俺たちは天使だ!" (in Japanese). VAP. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  4. ^ a b c "俺たちは天使だ!" (in Japanese). ドラマデータ. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  5. ^ a b 沖雅也in太陽にほえろ!　p.96-99 ISBN 978-4820383581