Ōedo Sōsamō

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Ōedo Sōsamō (大江戸捜査網, Ōedo Sōsamō^?) and Shin Ōedo Sōsamō (新・大江戸捜査網, Shin Ōedo Sōsamō^?) are long-running prime-time television jidaigeki programs that originally aired from 1970 to 1992. The series was broadcast on TV Tokyo (initially known as Tokyo 12 Channel). Early on, it carried the subtitle "Ōedo Untouchables."

The central characters are undercover police agents in Edo. They work under the direction of a hatamoto, and later, under Matsudaira Sadanobu (1759–1829).

1 Characters
2 Rebroadcasts
3 External links
4 Source

[edit] Characters

Jūmonji Koyata, masquerading as a vagrant from Sagami, Sanjirō. The male lead, Koyata was played by Ryōtarō Sugi, Kōtarō Satomi, Hiroki Matsukata, Shirō Namiki, and Jun Hashizume.
Isaka Jūzō, masquerading as a ronin of the same name. Tetsurō Sagawa created the role.
Female leads: Konami (Meiko Kaji), Yūgiri (Miyako Koshiro), Kurenai Ochō (Michiyo Yasuda), Inazuma Oryū (Sanae Tsuchida), Kazaguruma no Okiku (Yoko Natsuki), others.

A 1979 film, Onmitsu Dōshin Ōedo Sōsamō starred Hiroki Matsukata, included Toshiro Mifune in the role of Matsudaira Sadanobu.

[edit] Rebroadcasts

Apart from Episode 11, which is unavailable (the tape has been destroyed), Jidaigeki Senmon Channel has rerun all the other 715 episodes via satellite and cable.[1]