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Ōedo Sōsamō (1970)

Ōedo Sōsamō poster
Original title
大江戸捜査網
Directed by
Akinori Matsuo
Genre
Jidaigeki
Country
Japan
Length
3 seasons, 7 episodes
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a long-running Japanese historical television series set in the Edo period. It follows officials of the shogunate as they investigate and solve crimes in the city of Edo.

slow-burnepisodicnostalgicstatelytraditionalsuspensefulperiodmethodical

What happens

Ōedo Sōsamō (大江戸捜査網) and 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. 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." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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