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G-Men '75 (Gメン'75, G Men nanajūgo) was a long-running prime-time popular television detective series in Japan. [2] It aired on Saturday nights in the 9:00–9:54 p.m. time slot on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) network from May 24, 1975 to April 3, 1982. A sequel, G-Men '82, followed, as did the specials. It had also been broadcast in ...
In the book Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema, author Jasper Sharp writes that, along with Wolves, Pigs and Men and Greed in Broad Daylight, "Gang vs. G-Men (Gyangu tai G-men, 1962), in which a disparate group of former criminals are assembled by the police to take on a vicious gang [ . . . ] established Fukasaku's pattern for ...
Gay magazines in Japan, along with much gay culture, are segregated by 'type' [1] (e.g., muscular men, older men, specific occupations); G-men was founded in 1995 to cater to gay men who preferred "macho fantasy", as opposed to the sleeker, yaoi-inspired styles popular in the 1980s, and focused on "macho type" (muscular, bearish men) and gaten-kei (ガテン系, blue-collar workers).
League of Gangsters is the seventh film in Toei's Gyangu (English: "Gang") series. [3] [4] Fukasaku had previously directed the fourth film in the series, Gang vs. G-Men (1962), [5] [3] which was the first film shot by Fukasaku in color.
In the mid-1970s, Wakabayashi took prominent contemporary roles, appearing as a detective in Taiyō ni Hoero!, Oretachi no Kunshō, and G-Men '75. In the last, he had a regular prime-time role in Episodes 105–335, co-starring with Tetsurō Tamba. The pair played the same roles in G-Men '82 (1982–83). [1]
Yosuke Natsuki (Japanese: 夏木陽介, Hepburn: Natsuki Yōsuke, February 27, 1936 – January 14, 2018) was a Japanese actor. He had participated twice in the Dakar Rally as a racing driver. [1] He did a lot of work for the Toho Company and made his debut in the film The H-Man. [2] He appeared in Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo in 1961.
Japanese police procedural television series (7 P) Pages in category "Japanese crime television series" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
After Japanese spies from the Black Dragon Society infiltrate United States borders, Federal Agent Rex Bennett is enlisted by the government to capture them. As Oyama Haruchi, leader of the dangerous paramilitary group, begins to destabilize the United States war effort through sabotage and corruption, Bennett must team up with British special agent Vivian Marsh and Chinese special agent Chang ...