Abunai Deka

Abunai Deka (あぶない刑事; lit. 'Dangerous Detectives'), often shortened to AbuDeka (あぶデカ),^[1] is a Japanese television drama aired by Nippon Television between 1986 and 1987. Starring Hiroshi Tachi and Kyohei Shibata, the series became very popular and spawned films, spin-offs series, and books.^[2][3] The series follows a pair of detectives, Toshiki Takayama (Hiroshi Tachi) and Yuji Oshita (Kyôhei Shibata),^[4] from the Naka-ku branch of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police.

Abunai Deka
Genre	Drama
Directed by	Tōru Murakawa Takahito Hara Yasuharu Hasebe Haruo Ichikura Yusuke Narita Kiyoshi Nishimura Hiroyoshi Tezeni
Starring	Hiroshi Tachi Kyohei Shibata Atsuko Asano Tōru Nakamura Shizuo Chujo Bengal Haruo Yanagihara Michihiro Yamanishi Hiroshi Miki Takeshi Akiyama Kenji Kinugasa Daisuke Iijima Yozaburo Ito Yudai Ishiyama Takahito Horiuchi Koshiro Kagawa Koji Shimizu
Country of origin	Japan
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	51
Production
Producers	Hirokichi Okada Norio Hatsukawa
Running time	54 minutes
Original release
Network	Nippon Television
Release	October 5, 1986 (1986-10-05) – September 27, 1987 (1987-09-27)

Several model cars based on Nissan automobiles featured in the show were produced by model company Aoshima Bunka Kyozai.^[5]

Cast

• Hiroshi Tachi: Toshiki Takayama (Taka)
• Kyohei Shibata: Yuji Oshita (Yuji)
• Tōru Nakamura: Toru Machida
• Atsuko Asano: Kaoru Mayama
• Michihiro Yamanishi: Koichi Yoshii
• Bengal Haruo Yanagihara: Fumio Tanaka
• Nana Kinomi: Yuko Matsumura
• Shizuo Chujo: Takuzo Kondo
• Takeshi Akiyama: Haruhiko Yoshida
• Yozaburo Ito: Takeshi Kishimoto/Tetsuo Izawa
• Hiroshi Miki: Hideo Suzue
• Takahito Horiuchi: Ryu Takeda
• Yudai Ishiyama: Ichiro Yasuda
• Kenji Kinugasa: Susumu Tanimura
• Daisuke Iijima: Shiro Aikawa
• Koshiro Kagawa: Toru Dobashi
• Koji Shimizu: Satoru Shibano

Film

• Abunai Deka (1987) directed by Yasuharu Hasebe
• Matamata Abunai Deka (1988) directed by Haruo Ichikura
• Mottomo Abunai Deka (1989) directed by Tōru Murakawa
• Abunai Deka Returns (1996) directed by Tōru Murakawa
• Abunai Deka Forever The Movie (1998) directed by Yusuke Narita
• Madamada Abunai Deka (2005) directed by Kunio Torii
• Dangerous Cops: Final 5 Days (2016) directed by Tōru Murakawa
• Dangerous Cops: Home Coming (2024) directed by Hiroto Hara

TV series

• Motto Abunai Deka (もっとあぶない刑事) (1988-1989) 1 season, 25 episodes