Tokusō Saizensen

Tokusō Saizensen
Genre	Detective drama
Written by	Shukei Nagasaka
Directed by	Toshihiko Amano Yukio Noda Akinori Matsuo
Starring	Hideaki Nitani
Narrated by	Shūichirō Moriyama (ep.1-53), Shinji Nakae (ep54-)
Theme music composer	Chūji Kinoshita
Ending theme	Watashi Dakeno Jyujika sung by Fausto Cigliano
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	509[1]
Production
Producer	Masaki Takahashi
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	Toei Company
Original release
Network	TV Asahi
Release	April 6, 1977 (1977-04-06) – March 26, 1987 (1987-03-26)

Tokusō Saizensen (特捜最前線)　was a long running popular television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1977 to 1987.[2][3] Aired on TV Asahi.[4][5] It stars Hideaki Nitani.[6][7]

Cast

• Hideaki Nitani as Kyōsuke Kamishiro (Boss of the Special Investigation Division[5])
• Hiroshi Fujioka as Tetsuo Sakurai[8]
• Toshiyuki Nishida as Yōzō Takasugi
• Kojiro Hongo as Tsuyoshi Tachibana
• Hideji Ōtaki as Ippei Funamura[8]
• Naoya Makoto as Ryuji Yoshino (1977–86)[9]
• Atsushi Watanabe as Denkichi Tokida
• Kenichi Sakurai as Jirō Taki
• Kiyotaka Mitsuki as Seishirō Inukai
• Shigeru Araki as Akira Tsugami
• Yusuke Natsu as Shunichi Kanō
• Yuji Abe as Toshio Sugi
• Masumi Sekiya as Mikiko Takasugi
• Katsuhiko Yokomitsu as Kanichi Kurebayashi[8]

References

1. "特捜最前線" (in Japanese). ファミリー劇場. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
2. "デジタル大辞泉プラス「特捜最前線」の解説" (in Japanese). Kotobank. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
3. "刑事ドラマの最高峰「特捜最前線」25年ぶりに復活！" (in Japanese). 映画コム. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
4. "伝説の「特捜最前線」が上川隆也主演で26年ぶりに復活！ ED曲は笹野高史が熱唱" (in Japanese). excite News. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
5. "刑事ドラマ『特捜最前線』が26年ぶり復活" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
6. "Hideaki Nitani" (in Japanese). 映画DB. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
7. "特捜最前線の二谷英明さんが死去" (in Japanese). Sponichi. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
8. "特捜"刑事仲間"もショック 藤岡弘、「もう一度一緒に…」" (in Japanese). Sponichi (sports Nippon). Retrieved 15 December 2021.
9. "昭和の「激アツ刑事ドラマ」主役を総直撃＜誠直也＞「ゴレンジャー」終了直後に大人のドラマに抜擢" (in Japanese). Asagei by Tokuma Shoten. Retrieved 15 December 2021.

External links

• Tokusō Saizensen at Toei video