Shin Hanshichi torimono chô (1997)

First Air Date: 1997-04-04
Last Air Date: 1997-08-01
Total Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 18
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Network: NHK
Creator: Kidou Okamoto

This series is based on the series of 68 novels written by Okamoto Kido in the early 20th century. The hero is Hanshichi, a young but highly skilled Edo-era detective. Widowed for two years, Hanshichi lives alone in a tenement house. His sister-in-law Okume, who has a crush on him, looks in on him from time to time. Sanada Hiroyuki (known to action movie fans as Henry Sanada) stars as Hanshichi.