Seibu Keisatsu(西部警察,Police: Western Division) is a television drama series produced by Ishihara Promotions (石原プロモーション,ishihara puromōshon?) and broadcast on TV Asahi(テレビ朝日,terebi asahi.?)
Plot
The series portrays the Western Police Headquarters Criminal Investigation Division's Detective Chief Daimon, played by Tetsuya Watari(渡哲也,Watari Tetsuya?) and his subordinates, dubbed the Daimon Force (大門軍団,Daimon Gundan?), and their superior, Section Chief Kogure, played by Ishihara Yūjirō(石原 裕次郎,Yūjirō Ishihara?), as they fight against heinous criminals.
With its flashy, over-the-top explosion scenes, car stunts, this series gained a reputation as a macho drama. It is representative of the police & detective dramas of not only the 1980's and the 20th century.
Series
TV Series Seibu Keisatsu (10/14/1979 - 4/18/1982)
TV Series Seibu Keisatsu Part-II (5/30/1982 - 3/20/1983)
TV Series Seibu Keisatsu Part-III (4/3/1983 - 10/22/1984)
Thompson, Nathaniel (2006). DVD Delirium: The International Guide to Weird and Wonderful Films on DVD; Volume 3. Godalming, England: FAB Press. pp. 119–120. ISBN 1-903254-40-X.
Red Quay was one of the many successful collaborations between director Toshio Masuda and actor Yujiro Ishihara which defined the Nikkatsu action film genre.
This film is a 1956 feature film adaptation of Shintarō Ishihara's novel Season of the Sun. It was also noteworthy because it marked the cinema debut, in a supporting role, of Yujiro Ishihara (brother of the author of the novel) who went on to become one of Japan's most successful film stars of the late 1950s and early 1960s (and who remains a cultural icon following his untimely death in 1987)
The film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days drinking, sailing and chasing girls, and who more often than not spend their nights getting into brawls. In particular, it focuses upon Tatsuya, a sullen young man, who falls in love with Eiko, a proud upper-class girl.
Yujiro Ishihara(石原 裕次郎,Ishihara Yūjirō) (December 28, 1934–July 17, 1987) was a Japanese actor and singer born in Kobe. His elder brother, Shintaro Ishihara, is an author, politician, and the current Governor of Tokyo. Yujiro debuted in 1956 in "Season of the Sun," based on a novel written by his brother. As a representative youth star in films of the immediate postwar, and subsequently as a macho movie hero, he was beloved by many fans, who extravagantly mourned his early death at 52.
His Filmographies and discographies are still alive among the Showa-period lovers. At the date of his early death, 17 July (1987), the mourning ceremony is often broadcast on TV.
2009年は彼の23回忌のメモリアルイヤーであり、石原プロが『 I LOVE YUJIRO ～ありがとう 天国からのラストメッセージ～ 』と銘打って7月5日に国立競技場で大法要を実施すると発表した。同プロの小林正彦専務によれば、スタッフの高齢化もあり、大がかりな法要はこれが最後になるという。ちなみに今回の23回忌は13回忌（総持寺で20万人が来場）で起こったトラブルの関係で別の場所でおこなうことになった。7回忌にはヨットを献花台にした。
なお、『北の旅人、想い出はアカシア』は療養のために滞在していたハワイでレコーディングされたが、裕次郎は絶え間ない微熱とたびたび大量の鼻血を出すような体調の中でレコーディングをしていたという。そのため、作曲家の弦哲也は見かねてハワイに飛び立ち気遣うようにしたという。裕次郎は最後のレコーディング後、テレビ朝日『ミュージックステーション』にてハワイからの衛星生中継に登場し、近況報告を行い「BEYOND THE REEF」を現地から熱唱した。しかし、これが最後のテレビ生出演となった。ハワイでの療養中にも体調の悪化が見られた裕次郎は帰国を嫌っていたが宝酒造会長大宮隆の進言により帰国を容認した。
