Daitokai Series

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| genre = Detective drama

| creator =

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| writer = Sō Kuramoto(First season)

| director = Toshio Masuda
Koreyoshi Kurahara
Tōru Murakawa
Yasuharu Hasebe
Keiichi Ozawa

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| starring = Tetsuya Watari
Kei Satō
Akira Terao
Joe Shishido
Masaki Kanda
Sei Hiraizumi
Kaku Takashina
Akiko Nishina
Yūsuke Takita
Yusaku Matsuda
Yujiro Ishihara

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| narrated = Kiyoshi Kobayashi

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| opentheme = Masato Sugimoto (Part 2)

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| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

| num_seasons = 3

| num_episodes = 132{{cite web|url=https://www.iza.ne.jp/kiji/entertainments/news/160404/ent16040413040024-n1.html|publisher=iza|title=

渡哲也が"特別解説"する「大都会」 芸能ショナイ業務話 |date=4 April 2016 | accessdate= November 15, 2019 }}

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| executive_producer = Yujiro Ishihara

| producer = Masahiko Kobayashi
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi

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| camera = Mitsuji Kanau

| runtime = 45 minutes

| company = Ishihara promotion
NTV{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/ja-jp/news/opinion/%E7%9F%B3%E5%8E%9F%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%81%8C58%E5%B9%B4%E3%81%AE%E6%AD%B4%E5%8F%B2%E3%81%AB%E7%B5%82%E6%AD%A2%E7%AC%A6-%E8%87%AA%E5%88%86%E3%81%AE%E4%BD%9C%E3%82%8A%E3%81%9F%E3%81%84%E3%82%82%E3%81%AE%E3%82%92%E4%BD%9C%E3%82%8B-%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E7%94%9F%E3%81%BE%E3%82%8C%E3%81%9F%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB-%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E-%E6%AD%8C/ar-BB1ckByG|publisher=msn.com|title=

石原プロが58年の歴史に終止符…「自分の作りたいものを作る」から生まれた映画、ドラマ、歌 | accessdate= November 15, 2020}}

| channel = NTV

| first_aired = {{Start date|1976|01|06}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1979|09|11}}

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{{nihongo|Daitokai |大都会| The Big City or Metropolis}}　was a popular prime-time television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1976 to 1979{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%A4%A7%E9%83%BD%E4%BC%9A-557918|publisher=kotobank|title=

大都会とは | accessdate= November 15, 2019 }} for a total of 132 episodes and three seasons, each with its own story arc. The lead star was Tetsuya Watari.{{cite web|url=https://www.bs11.jp/movie/-part/ |publisher=BS11|title= 大都会 Part 2 | accessdate= November 15, 2019 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20160404/geo16040405060006-n3.html|publisher=sansponews|title=渡哲也『大都会』秘話を熱く語る「優作にお説教されてましたね」 |date=4 April 2016 | accessdate= November 15, 2019 }} The drama won popularity and was followed by Seibu Keisatsu.