Japanese TV series
Oretachi wa Tenshi da! |
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Written by | Hideki Ogawa |
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Directed by | Togorō Tsuchiya Ryō Kinoshita |
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Starring | Masaya Oki |
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Country of origin | Japan |
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Original language | Japanese |
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No. of episodes | 20[1] |
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Producer | Hirokichi Okada |
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Running time | 45 min. |
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Production company | Toho |
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Network | Nippon TV |
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Release | April 15 (1979-04-15) – November 4, 1979 (1979-11-04) |
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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.)
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