Bark at the Sun (1972)
Bark at the Sun (1972)
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Plot.
The detectives of Nana-magari station investigate a wide variety of crimes in 70s Japan, ranging from the mundane to the absolutely bizarre.
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Details.
Release DateJuly 21, 1972
Original Name太陽にほえろ！
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes20
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Wiki.
Taiyō ni Hoero! (太陽にほえろ!), literally Roar at the Sun!, was a long-running prime-time television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1972 to 1986 for a total of 718 episodes. The lead star was Yujiro Ishihara. It also helped further the career of actors such as Yūsaku Matsuda and Kenichi Hagiwara as well as Hiroshi Katsuno and Masaya Oki. It was a police procedural set mostly in a police station. It was one of the most popular and iconic detective dramas in Japanese television history. A sequel was aired from 1986 to 1987, airing for 12 episodes.