Taiyō ni Hoero!

Taiyō ni Hoero! (太陽にほえろ!) (Bark at the Sun) was a Japanese television series which ran from 1972 to 1986.[1] The lead star was Yujiro Ishihara. It also helped further the career of actors such as Yusaku Matsuda and Kenichi Hagiwara as well as Hidemi Aoki. It was a police procedural set mostly in a police station.

Regulars

Character Nickname Actor Episodes
Shunsuke Todo Boss Yujiro Ishihara
Jun Shibata jiipan ("jeans") Yusaku Matsuda
Makoto Ishizuka Gori Raita Ryu
Jun Hayami Macaroni Kenichi Hagiwara
Ryuichi Taki Scotch Masaya Oki

Theme music

The theme music is a Mariachi-sounding tune which is very often used on Japanese television programmes. The music for this show was composed by Katsuo Ono (大野 克夫 Ono Katsuo).

References

  1. Takase, Masahiro (Nov 15, 2007). Showa Senbon No Dorama-Tachi [1000 TV dramas of the Showa Period] (in Japanese).
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