Shūchakueki Series

*Shūchakueki Series*
Shūchakueki Series
Genre	Drama
Written by	Katsumi Okamoto, Kazuo Ikehiro
Directed by	Kazuo Ikehiro
Starring	Shigeru Tsuyuguchi 1-4; Tsurutaro Kataoka 5-38
Theme music composer	Katsuo Ōno
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	38
Production
Production companies	TV Asahi, Toei
Original release
Network	TV Asahi
Release	December 8, 1990 –; December 22, 2022

Shūchakueki Series (終着駅シリーズ, Terminal Station Series), also known as Morimura Seiichi no Shūchakueki, is a Japanese long-running prime-time television detective drama series in Japan that first aired on TV Asahi in 1990. Based on Seiichi Morimura's Ushiokeiji no Jikenbo series.^[1]^[2]

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi played the lead role in the first four episodes, Tsurutaro Kataoka has been playing the lead role since the fifth episode. Masanao Ushio is a detective of Nishi Shinjuku Police station, his nickname is Moo-san.^[3] He solves incidents with his great insight and intelligence.^[4]^[5]

Some episodes have aired on KIKU with English subtitles.^[6] The DVD box was released on November 8, 2023.^[7]

Cast

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Masanao Ushio (Episode 1–4)
Gen Kimura as Hirabayashi (Episode 1–4)
Tsurutaro Kataoka as Masanao Ushio (Episode 5-38)
Kumiko Okae as Sumiyo Ushio (Episode 7-36)
Akira Nagoya as Sakamoto (Episode 5, 7–17)
Taisaku Akino as Sakamoto (Episode 17-38)

Episodes

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Masanao Ushio (1990-94)

1. Shūressha (December 8, 1990); Susumu Kurobe as Onaka Kazuyuki, Naoya Makoto as Detective Haraguchi, Tadashi Yokouchi as Mogami Hideyuki
2. Shūchakueki (February 1, 1992); Tōru Minegishi as Mizuma Tasuhiko, Eiichiro Funakoshi as Kurasaki Shinya, Hiro Komura as Miyasaka Yukiko
3. Shikeidai no Butai (November 7, 1992); Yoko Moriguchi as Igusa Mamiko, Kenichi Endō as Iba Hiroshi
4. Ao no Jūjika (September 24, 1994); Yu-ki Matsumura as Nagumo Hirotada, Takako Miki as Yabuki Asako

Tsurutaro Kataoka as Masanao Ushio (1996-now)

5. Hokoriaru Higaisha (January 27, 1996)
6. Ningeno no Jūjika (September 28, 1996)
7. Machi (March 22, 1997)
8. Mado (March 28, 1998)
9. Eki (November 28, 1998); Kei Ishibashi as Aoyama Sachi, Momiji Yamamura as Tsutsumi Yoshiko
10. Murder of a Flower-Viewing Guest (March 27, 1999); Minako Tanaka as Nagasaki Minako, Takanori Higuchi as Nagasaki Shinsuke
11. Murder Credit (August 28, 1999)
12. Yako Ressha (February 5, 2000)
13. Satsujin no Funin (January 13, 2001); Satoko Takemoto as Ashita Megumi
14. Sabaku no Anshō (September 22, 2001); Naomi Hosokawa as Michiyuki Yumiko, Masanori Ikeda as Kanda Naoya
15. Sabaku no Eki (February 8, 2003)
16. Kabe no Me (July 5, 2003)
17. Muteki no Yoin (October 2, 2004); Takami Yoshimoto as Erimura Tazuko and Shizuko,
18. Hakon no Jōken (August 20, 2005); Mami Nomura as Satomi Masae, Satoshi Jinbo as Nakanishi Mitsuhiko
19. Shisha no Haitatsunin (March 25, 2006)
20. Sabaku no Kissaten (October 28, 2006); Ryoko Yuui as Obana Fujie, Bengal as Jibiki, Takeo Nakahara as Inaba
21. Aku no Jōken (September 22, 2007)
22. Satsujin Doumei (March 14, 2009); Atsuko Sakurai as Takabayashi Yuko
23. Shisa-ji (October 10, 2009); Kaori Takahashi as Niki Seiko, Hiromi Nakajima as Yanagawa Naomi
24. Shūchakueki^[a] (July 31, 2010); Noriko Aoyama as Mikami Junko, Yuko Takayama as Miyaji Yukiko, Masahiro Komoto as Mizuma Tatsuhiko
25. Tochū Gesha Suru Onna (September 24, 2011)
26. Satsui no Honryu (October 27, 2012); Natsuki Harada as Izawa Miho, Kazuya Takahashi as Chiba Ryugo
27. Akuno Tamashii (September 28, 2013); Sayuri Kokushō as Kawana Megumi
28. Zankokuna Shikai (June 28, 2014)
29. Umbrella of Goodwill - Murderer on a Rainy Night!! A Husband was Murdered!? (2015); Riona Hazuki as Yamano Kyoko
30. Murder Credit - Victim's Pandora's Box!! Unsolved Murder Under the Lake...^[b] (2016); Sei Matobu as Munakata Ayuko, Gamon Kaai as Okamoto Hiroshi
31. Murder of a Flower-Viewing Guest^[c] (July 16, 2017); Kanan Nakahara as Kunugi Shizuka, Yasufumi Hayashi as Nagasaki Shinsuke
32. Satsui wo Hakobu Kutsu (April 22, 2018); Jun Hashizume as Shimojo Tamotsu, Yōko Ishino as Shimojo Kanako
33. Garasu no Mihitsu (June 24, 2018); Tomoka Kurotani as Ayane
34. Koya no Shoumei (January 27, 2019); Reiko Takashima as Sekikawa Kyoko, Shunsuke Nakamura as Yamana Isao, Hideko Hara as Wakita Fuyue
35. Kishibo no Matsuei (November 3, 2019)
36. Yuki no Hotaru (January 7, 2020); Yoko Moriguchi as Eiko Izumida, Maki Miyamoto as Shimamura Masako, Ichirota Miyakawa as Izumida Yozo
37. Teinennonai Satsui (April 1, 2021); Toshinori Omi as Iba Teiji
38. Jugatsu no Tulip (December 22, 2022); Rie Mimura as Kitano Eiko, Sei Hiraizumi as Tashiro, Moemi Katayama as Kono Megumi

Notes

^ Remake from the second episode.
^ Remake from the eleventh episode.
^ Remake from the tenth episode.

References

^ "片岡鶴太郎、約22年間演じた"牛尾刑事"は「たぶんヨガをやっているんじゃないかな(笑)」". ザテレビジョン. 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
^ "森村誠一氏、牛尾刑事のドラマ50作「原作者として深い感動…」". ORICON NEWS. オリコン. 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
^ "片岡鶴太郎、終着駅シリーズ50作達成に感謝作品を支えてくださっている視聴者の方のおかげ". ザテレビジョン. 2019-01-26. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
^ "牛尾刑事・片岡鶴太郎セリフが多いのに寡黙な男の演じ方". NEWSポストセブン. 2017-04-16. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
^ "片岡鶴太郎、終着駅シリーズ50作達成に感謝作品を支えてくださっている視聴者の方のおかげ". ザテレビジョン. 2019-01-26. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
^ "Mystery Theatre, Mystery Japanese Drama, KIKU TV | KIKU-TV Hawaii". 14 September 2018.
^ "森村誠一の終着駅シリーズコレクターズDVD". 東映ビデオ. Retrieved 6 January 2024.

External links

Shūchakueki Series DVD at Toei Video

[remake1-8] Remake from the second episode.

[remake2-9] Remake from the eleventh episode.

[remake3-10] Remake from the tenth episode.

[1] "片岡鶴太郎、約22年間演じた"牛尾刑事"は「たぶんヨガをやっているんじゃないかな(笑)」". ザテレビジョン. 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2019-03-05.

[oricon20190124-2] "森村誠一氏、牛尾刑事のドラマ50作「原作者として深い感動…」". ORICON NEWS. オリコン. 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2019-02-17.

[3] "片岡鶴太郎、終着駅シリーズ50作達成に感謝作品を支えてくださっている視聴者の方のおかげ". ザテレビジョン. 2019-01-26. Retrieved 2019-03-06.

[4] "牛尾刑事・片岡鶴太郎セリフが多いのに寡黙な男の演じ方". NEWSポストセブン. 2017-04-16. Retrieved 2019-03-05.

[5] "片岡鶴太郎、終着駅シリーズ50作達成に感謝作品を支えてくださっている視聴者の方のおかげ". ザテレビジョン. 2019-01-26. Retrieved 2019-03-05.

[6] "Mystery Theatre, Mystery Japanese Drama, KIKU TV | KIKU-TV Hawaii". 14 September 2018.

[7] "森村誠一の終着駅シリーズコレクターズDVD". 東映ビデオ. Retrieved 6 January 2024.

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