Bayside Shakedown (1997)

Original title

踊る大捜査線

Directed by

Katsuyuki Motohiro

Cast

Oda Yuji, Yanagiba Toshiro, Fakatsu Eri, Mizuno Miki, Ikariya Chosuke, Ono Takehiko, Satoi Kenta, Kondo Yoshimasa

Genre

drama television series, police procedural

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 11 episodes

Rated

PG13

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Police officers in a Tokyo precinct handle criminal cases with a mix of comedy and drama. The series follows their daily work and personal interactions.

lightheartedhumorouswittyquirkyplayfulfast-pacedentertainingoffbeat

What happens

Bayside Shakedown (踊る大捜査線, Odoru Daisōsasen) is a Japanese police comedy-drama television series originally broadcast by the Fuji Television group in 1997. The series was developed by Ryoichi Kimizuka and stars Oda Yūji, Toshirō Yanagiba, Eri Fukatsu, Chosuke Ikariya, Miki Mizuno, and Yūsuke Santamaria. In 1998 and 1999, an English-subtitled version of the series was broadcast in the United States on the International Channel, under the title The Spirited Criminal Investigative Network. The series spawned three television films and a stage play, along with six theatrically released films that were produced following the end of the show. The first of the theatrical films, Bayside Shakedown, was released in 1998, and the sixth and final film, Bayside Shakedown The Final, was released in 2012. The first Bayside Shakedown film was a major box office hit in Japan, earning 10.1 billion yen (84 million U.S. dollars), and was the third highest grossing live-action film in Japanese box office history. The second film in the series, Bayside Shakedown 2, earned over $165 million at the box office, making it the highest-grossing live-action Japanese film on domestic screens. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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