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The Drumstick Detective

1972 · 1 season

A lively, good-humoured period adventure where a scrappy band of Edo townsfolk take on local villains with improvised flair.

Genres
Drama
Overview
Ginji (Teruhiko Aoi), together with Yasugoro, a bathhouse owner, Toshiro, a ronin, Kojiro, a samurai retainer's son, and Omitsu, a kimono shop owner's daughter .... use drumsticks as a weapon against the evil that lurks in the city of Edo.
How it feels
Earnest, light, warm and campy. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Justice, friendship, found family, crime
Content
Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour5
Realism6
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama
Starring
Teruhiko Aoi, Eitarō Shindō, Atsushi Watanabe, Takashi Yamaguchi, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Kenichi Hagiwara
Length
1 seasons, 17 episodes
Network
tv asahi
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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