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Two lovable idiot "private detectives" (or at least, that's their cover story —more like gangsters) try to make ends meet on the mean streets of Tokyo.

Action & AdventureCrimeComedyDrama

5.0 / 5

5th October 1974 - 29th March 1975
Top Cast
Yutaka MizutaniKenichi HagiwaraShin Kishida
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宝石泥棒に子守唄を Still
宝石泥棒に子守唄を
5th October 1974

Episode 1

Osamu, a gangster who works for "Ayabe Information Services" as a "private detective", is given a very interesting job: he has to pretend to rob a jewelry store, hide the "goods", and let himself get arrested...

悪女にトラック一杯の幸せを Still
悪女にトラック一杯の幸せを
12th October 1974

Episode 2

Osamu and Akira team up with a girl who has come into possession of a truck full of illegal bootleg silverware; they are determined to sell it, but nobody will buy!

ヌードダンサーに愛の炎を Still
ヌードダンサーに愛の炎を
19th October 1974

Episode 3

Akira and Osamu are hired to try to convince two strippers to return to their loving families, but end up in the middle of a yakuza turf war.

港町に男涙のブルースを Still
港町に男涙のブルースを
26th October 1974

Episode 4

Osamu is sent to find a rival gang's heroin shipping lane and goes to a remote port town.

殺人者に怒りの雷光を Still
殺人者に怒りの雷光を
2nd November 1974

Episode 5

Someone is murdering Ayabe's gang members in brutal and unusual ways, and as their numbers dwindle, they begin to get crazy...

草原に黒い十字架を Still
草原に黒い十字架を
9th November 1974

Episode 6

Akira and Osamu are hired to protect a priceless European painting on display, but they manage to get it stolen right out from under their nose, by a tiny little cat burglar...

自動車泥棒にラブソングを Still
自動車泥棒にラブソングを
16th November 1974

Episode 7

Akira and Osamu are sent to break up a car-thieving ring, but end up in hot water.

偽札造りに愛のメロディーを Still
偽札造りに愛のメロディーを
23rd November 1974

Episode 8

A master counterfeiter wants to give up the profession, but Ayabe sends Osamu to take him for herself.

ピエロに結婚行進曲を Still
ピエロに結婚行進曲を
30th November 1974

Episode 9

Ayabe feels the love-lights (or maybe feels her biological clock ticking) and has decided to marry a suave older (?) gentleman, but all 3 remaining gang members are against it because the guy gives them bad vibes.

金庫破りに赤いバラを Still
金庫破りに赤いバラを
7th December 1974

Episode 10

Akira and Osamu are supposed to steal certain documents for Ayabe, but someone frames them (and a rival thief) for murder. Panicking, they form an unlikely (and surprisingly homoerotic) alliance to try to save their own skins.

シンデレラの死に母の歌を Still
シンデレラの死に母の歌を
14th December 1974

Episode 11

Osamu and Akira must decide which of two women is the real heir to an old millionaire's fortune.

非情の街に狼の歌を Still
非情の街に狼の歌を
21st December 1974

Episode 12

When Osamu breaks his leg, Akira must take his place in an undercover operation meant to flush out a man who stole millions of dollars from his company and ran away from his wife.

可愛いい女に愛の別れを Still
可愛いい女に愛の別れを
28th December 1974

Episode 13

Akira and Osamu are keeping a rich girl in their apartment. Ayabe tricked her into voluntary captivity with them while Ayabe tries to shake down her father for money. Things get bad when Osamu runs out of money and turns into a shrieking harpy, and worse when the girl's father goes missing...

母のない子に浜千鳥を Still
母のない子に浜千鳥を
4th January 1975

Episode 14

Osamu discovers his young son is missing, abducted by his late wife's sister, who is using the child to try and get child support payments from... a gangster who is also a hairdresser.

つよがり女に涙酒を Still
つよがり女に涙酒を
11th January 1975

Episode 15

Osamu must find the kidnapped son of a magnate. The son was known to consort with a cabaret singer, so Osamu goes to investigate her first...

愛の情熱に別れの接吻を Still
愛の情熱に別れの接吻を
18th January 1975

Episode 16

Osamu spends the night with a go-go girl, then must discover the secret mistress of a corporate bigwig. (Surprisingly, these are not in fact the same woman.)

回転木馬に熱いさよならを Still
回転木馬に熱いさよならを
25th January 1975

Episode 17

A man attempts to embezzle money from a kids' park; Ayabe Co. is hired to figure out who and stop the impending doom of the merry go round.

リングサイドに花一輪を Still
リングサイドに花一輪を
1st February 1975

Episode 18

Osamu and Akira are sent to cause a ruckus in a local boxing gym to lower its land value and drive the owner out of business.

街の灯に桜貝の夢を Still
街の灯に桜貝の夢を
8th February 1975

Episode 19

Osamu and Akira can't get any work, so they try to open a snack bar. This isn't very successful, until they hit on making it a sexy snack bar. Then they have the genius idea of trying to blackmail the patrons.

兄妹に十日町小唄を Still
兄妹に十日町小唄を
15th February 1975

Episode 20

Akira and Osamu wake up to discover a baby left on their doorstep. They have no means to take care of it, so they entrust it to a local doctor, who wants to adopt it, and hires them to find its parents (to draw up real adoption papers).

欲ぼけおやじにネムの木を Still
欲ぼけおやじにネムの木を
22nd February 1975

Episode 21

Osamu and Akira are sent to steal a rich man's deposit in a tax-shelter bank. However, they don't know which bank it is, so they have to get that info out of him first.

くちなしの花に別れのバラードを Still
くちなしの花に別れのバラードを
1st March 1975

Episode 22

Osamu and Akira have to kidnap a disabled bride away from a forced marriage.

母の胸に悲しみの眠りを Still
母の胸に悲しみの眠りを
8th March 1975

Episode 23

A mother hires Akira and Osamu to find the cause of death of her daughter, who was found floating dead in a river.

渡辺綱に小指の思い出を Still
渡辺綱に小指の思い出を
15th March 1975

Episode 24

Osamu is hired to play a "real" yakuza and deal false cards to a group of gamblers. Unbeknownst to him, the client is using him to dominate the others in the group.

虫けらどもに寂しい春を Still
虫けらどもに寂しい春を
22nd March 1975

Episode 25

Osamu and Akira are hired by a prominent writer's lover to discover why he has seemingly "changed" into a different personality altogether.

祭りのあとにさすらいの日々を Still
祭りのあとにさすらいの日々を
29th March 1975

Episode 26

Osamu goes to see if Ayabe has any work for him, but it turns out her operation has been shut down by the police, and he and Akira are evicted. They begin to search for Ayabe to try and get some money from her, but Akira takes ill.

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