Ōedo Sōsamō

{{Nihongo|Ōedo Sōsamō|大江戸捜査網}} and {{Nihongo|Shin Ōedo Sōsamō|新・大江戸捜査網}} are long-running prime time television jidaigeki programs that originally aired from 1970 to 1992.{{cite web|url=https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/ooedo.sousamou/archive/|title=大江戸捜査|work=TV東京|accessdate= August 4, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%A4%A7%E6%B1%9F%E6%88%B8%E6%8D%9C%E6%9F%BB%E7%B6%B2-698694|title=デジタル大辞泉プラス「大江戸捜査網」の解説|work=kotobank|accessdate= August 4, 2021}} The series was broadcast on TV Tokyo (Tokyo 12 Channel). The title literally translates as "Oedo Dragnet" ("New Oedo Dragnet" for the second series). Early on, it carried the subtitle "Ōedo Untouchables."

Characters

The central characters are a ninja group who serve as secret police agents in Edo. They work undercover under the direction of a hatamoto, and later, under Matsudaira Sadanobu.

Jūmonji Koyata, masquerading as a vagrant from Sagami, Sanjirō. The male lead, Koyata was played by Ryōtarō Sugi, Kōtarō Satomi, Hiroki Matsukata, Shirō Namiki, and Jun Hashizume.
Isaka Jūzō, masquerading as a rōnin of the same name. Tetsurō Sagawa created the role.
Female leads: Konami (Meiko Kaji),{{Cite web|url=https://vintageninja.net/kunoichi-kaji/|title=Kunoichi Kaji! – Vintage Ninja|first=Keith|last=Rainville|date=14 October 2017 }} Yūgiri (Miyako Koshiro), Kurenai Ochō (Michiyo Yasuda), Inazuma Oryū (Sanae Tsuchida), Kazaguruma no Okiku (Yōko Natsuki), and others.

A 1979 film Onmitsu Dōshin Ōedo Sōsamō starred Hiroki Matsukata, included Toshiro Mifune in the role of Matsudaira Sadanobu.

TV special

The special episode Onmitsu Doshin: Oedo Sosamo was made in 1979, guest-starring Toshirō Mifune in a rare TV role.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kurotokagi.com/samurai_ms.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125161335/http://www.kurotokagi.com/samurai_ms.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 25, 2010|title=Main|website=www.kurotokagi.com}}

Rebroadcasts

Jidaigeki Senmon Channel has rerun all the other 715 episodes via satellite and cable.{{cite web|url=http://www.jidaigeki.com/info/faq.html#freq109|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030212231304/http://www.jidaigeki.com/info/faq.html#freq109|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2003|website=jidaigeki.com|title=www.jidaigeki.com/info/faq.html#freq109|access-date=2021-07-15}}

References

External links

{{in lang|ja}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20090813091044/http://www.mxtv.co.jp/ooedosousamou/ Official website]
{{IMDb title|0405217}}
{{in lang|ja}} [http://ooedosousamou.hp.infoseek.co.jp/data/mokuji.html Ōedo Sōsamō Museum]

Category:1970 Japanese television series debuts

Category:1992 Japanese television series endings

Category:Jidaigeki television series

Category:Ninja television series

Category:TV Tokyo original programming