Ōedo Sōsamō

Name: Ōedo Sōsamō
Cast: Kōtarō Satomi, Tetsurō Sagawa, Michiyo Yasuda, Izumi Yamaguchi, Sanae Tsuchida

TV series
1970–1973
3 seasons
Tokyo Channel 12

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Set against the backdrop of the reign of the 11th Tokugawa Shogun, Ienari Tokugawa, this drama is a masterpiece of action period drama that broke the mold of traditional detective stories and attracted a great deal of attention.

About the show

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."

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