Bayside Shakedown
Bayside Shakedown | |
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Odoru Daisōsasen | |
Genre | Police procedural Comedy drama |
Developed by | Ryoichi Kimizuka |
Starring | Yūji Oda Toshirō Yanagiba Eri Fukatsu Chosuke Ikariya Miki Mizuno Yūsuke Santamaria |
Opening theme | Akihiko Matsumoto, "Rhythm And Police" |
Ending theme | Yūji OdawithMaxi Priest,"Love Somebody" |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
No.of seasons | 1 |
No.of episodes | 11 |
Production | |
Producer | Chihiro Kameyama |
Running time | 1 hour |
Original release | |
Network | FNS(Fuji TV) |
Release | 7 January 18 March 1997 | –
Related | |
Bayside Shakedown: The Movie |
Bayside Shakedown(Dũng る đại lục soát tra tuyến,Odoru Daisōsasen)is a Japanesepolicecomedy-dramatelevision series originally broadcast by theFuji Televisiongroup in 1997. The series was developed byRyoichi Kimizukaand starsOda Yūji,Toshirō Yanagiba,Eri Fukatsu,Chosuke Ikariya,Miki Mizuno,andYūsuke Santamaria.In 1998 and 1999, an English-subtitledversion of the series was broadcast in the United States on theInternational Channel,under the titleThe 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 firstBayside Shakedownfilm 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.[1]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.[2]
Story summary
[edit]Bayside Shakedowntakes place in the fictionalWangan Precinctof theTokyo Metropolitan Police Department.Unlike most police dramas which tend to focus on action and car chases,Bayside Shakedownis largely concerned with thebureaucraticissues of the police department that are very present in many other sectors of Japanese society. The series depicted police work as office politics under a slightly different environment, complete with bureaucratic red tape, lethargic civil servants, Boss es more interested in playing golf and saving face than solving crimes, interference from politicians, and conflict between police headquarters and the local officers.
The officers depicted inBayside Shakedownare only permitted to carryfirearmsduring major emergencies. Fuji TV used the fictional "All officers are to be armed" ( quyền súng huề mang mệnh lệnhKenjū Keitai Meirei) order, which the portrayed bureaucracy is often reluctant to hand down. (In reality, it is compulsory for a uniformed officer to be armed, and plainclothes officers are required to be armed if they expect to be exposed to any danger.)
The main character of the series is a youngdetectivenamed Shunsaku Aoshima (played byOda Yūji). Originally a corporate salesman, Aoshima decided to join the police department out of heroic idealism, expecting a life of adventure and excitement. Once inside, he is completely underwhelmed by the reality of police work, finding it dishearteningly similar to corporate employment. Throughout the series, he strives against the obstacles of bureaucratic indifference to help people and pursue his ideals of what a police officer should be, often with humorous results.
Cast
[edit]- Yūji Odaas Shunsaku Aoshima
- Toshirō Yanagibaas Shinji Muroi
- Eri Fukatsuas Sumire Onda
- Chosuke Ikariyaas Heihachirō Waku
- Miki Mizunoas Yukino Kashiwagi
- Yūsuke Santamariaas Masayoshi Mashita
- Sōichirō Kitamura as Sōichirō Kanda
- Satoru Saitō as Harumi Akiyama
- Takehiko Ono as Kengo Hakamada
- Kenta Satoias Jirō Uozumi
- Akira Hamada as Shimazu
- Shigemitsu Ogi as Masakazu Ichikura
- Yuki Uchidaas Natsumi Shinohara
- Guests
- Yoshimasa Kondoas Fumio Tanaka (episode 1)
- Toshihito Itoas Yamabe (episode 2)
- Ryoko Shinohara(episode 2)
- Katsuhiko Sasaki(episode 2)
- Asami Mizukawaas a middle school student (episode 3)
- Kee(episode 4)
- Hikaru Ijūin(episode 5)
- Tomoe Shinoharaas Herself (episode 6)
- Claude Makias Tatsumura (episodes 6 and 7)
- Yoshihiko Hakamada(episode 8)
- Sadao Abe(episode 9)
- Naoki Hosaka (episodes 10 and the final)
- Maxi Priest(episodes 10 and the final)
- Hiroshi Arikawaas the father of Masayoshi Mashita (the final episode)
Timeline
[edit]1997 January–March: TV Drama.
1997 December: Special episode,Bayside Shakedown: Year-End Special Alert
1998 June: Extra episode,Bayside Shakedown: Wangan Police Station Female Police Officers' Story.
1998 October: Special episode,Bayside Shakedown: Autumn Campaign for Crime Eradication
1998 October:Bayside Shakedown: The Movie
2003 Summer:Bayside Shakedown 2.
2005 Summer: Two "spin-off" movies which are part ofThe Odoru Legend Continues.The first titledTokyo Subway Panic(also known as Negotiator) was released in May. It is based on the character of Mashita as a police negotiator. The second movieThe Suspectwhich was released in August is based on the character of Muroi. Another spin-off,Tobosha Joichiro Kijimawas recorded for the DVD release of theTokyo Subway Panic.
2007: For aJapanese variety show,Trivia no Izumi,a new spin-off was made for a minor character fromTokyo Subway Panic(who did not even have a name at the time), titledKeigokan Uchida Shinzo.
2010 Summer:Bayside Shakedown 3.
2012 September: The last TV special,Bayside Shakedown THE LAST TV Salaryman keiji to saigo no nanjiken.Some of the original cast members reunite after 14 years.[3]
2012 September: The last movie forBayside Shakedownwhich isBayside Shakedown The Final.
References
[edit]- ^"Odoru Daisousasen 3" earns close to 1 billion yen in opening weekend ".Tokyograph. 5 July 2010.Retrieved31 August2012.
- ^"Lịch đại ランキング – CINEMAランキング thông tín".Kogyotsushin.Retrieved31 August2012.
- ^"Dũng る đại lục soát tra tuyến the Last Tvサラリーマン hình sự と cuối cùng の việc khó kiện".