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TV series

Key Hunter

Original title: キイハンター

1968 · 1 season · 262 episodes

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Synopsis

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".

About 213h 58m to watch every episode. An estimate: 262 episodes at the latest episode runtime of 49 minutes.

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Main cast

  • Tetsuro Tamba
    黒木鉄也
    262 episodes

  • Yoko Nogiwa
    津川啓子
    262 episodes

  • Hiroshi Kawaguchi
    吹雪一郎
    262 episodes

  • Hayato Tani
    島竜彦
    262 episodes

  • Sonny Chiba
    風間洋介
    262 episodes

  • Noboru Nakaya
    村岡室長
    262 episodes

  • Hiroshi Miyauchi
    壇俊介
    262 episodes

  • Eiko Ookawa
    谷口ユミ
    262 episodes

  • Tadao Nakamaru
    262 episodes

  • Takayuki Akutagawa
    (voice)
    12 episodes

  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto
    3 episodes

  • Ralph Jesser
    3 episodes

  • Jun Negami
    2 episodes

  • Nobuo Kawai
    2 episodes

  • Hiroaki Tanabe
    (as 田辺進三)
    2 episodes

  • Riki Gonoue
    2 episodes

  • Rikiya Yasuoka
    2 episodes

  • Hachiro Misumi
    2 episodes

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