Underplayed Gems

ダウンタウン探偵組 (1988)

ダウンタウン探偵組 poster
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

After reading Marx and Sartre in prison, a yakuza boss reforms and turns his gang into a detective agency. The series follows their comedic cases in Tokyo.

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What happens

ダウンタウン探偵組( - たんていぐみ)及びダウンタウン探偵組'91は連続ドラマの題名。 半年間の服役中に読んだマルクス、サルトルの著書に触発されて改心した暴力団「都組」3代目組長の都 健太郎(演・風間杜夫)が組を解散、子分たちと探偵事務所を始めたことから起こるコメディータッチの物語|id=。新宿を主な舞台として展開する週刊TVガイド 1988年1月15日号 p.21。 主人公が組を解散して探偵業を始めるという流れは前シリーズと同じだが、登場人物は一新され、主な舞台も東京・浅草に変更されている週刊TVガイド 1991年10月11日号「やっぱりドラマが好き。」p.36。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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