Series
Key Hunter
1968 · 1 season · Drama
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Overview
Key Hunter is a prime-time Japanese television detective series. It aired on Saturday nights in the 9:00–9:56 p.m. time slot on the Tokyo Broadcasting System network from April 6, 1968 to April 7, 1973. There were a total of 262 episodes, and it was one of the most popular action dramas in Japan at the time. The story involved "Key Hunter", a special clandestine unit of the International Police, which endeavored to solve various crimes. "Key Hunter" was a unique TV show, which started out as a grand scale spy thriller never before seen in Japan. The episodes were individually themed on global crimes and political strife. The initial hardboiled theme later evolved to include intellectual elements involving action, and occasionally with comical elements as well. Tetsuro Tamba starred in the 1967 film You Only Live Twice as Japanese Secret Service agent Tiger Tanaka, an ally of James Bond. This role greatly influenced his image in "Key Hunter".
Cast
Tetsuro Tamba
黒木鉄也
Yoko Nogiwa
津川啓子
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
吹雪一郎
Hayato Tani
島竜彦
Eiko Ookawa
谷口ユミ
Sonny Chiba
風間洋介
Noboru Nakaya
村岡室長
Tadao Nakamaru
小田切慎二
Hiroshi Miyauchi
壇俊介
Crew
- Kinji FukasakuDirector
- Junya SatōDirector
Details
- First aired
- April 6, 1968
- Last aired
- April 7, 1973
- Status
- Ended
- Original language
- English
- Episodes
- 262
- Genres
- Drama
Seasons
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