Tuesday Suspense Theater

Synopsis

"Tuesday Suspense Theater" was broadcast every Tuesday from 21:00 to 22:54 ( JST ) on the Nippon Television network for 24 years from September 29 , 1981 to September 27, 2005. It was a two-hour drama slot. As a general rule, suspense dramas with one complete episode (very rarely, two parts) were broadcast every week from 21:00 to 22:54 ( JST ). It is a broadcast frame. Some episodes also aired horror, historical dramas, and special effects dramas.

First Air Date: 1981-09-29

Last Air Date: 2023-10-27

Number of Seasons: 25

Number of Episodes: 11

Top Cast

Koichi Sato as N/A
Tomisaburō Wakayama as N/A
Junko Sakurada as N/A
Bunta Sugawara as N/A
Ryoko Nakano as N/A
Natsuki Isao as N/A
Yoko Shimada as N/A
Toshirō Mifune as N/A
Keiju Kobayashi as N/A
Shinobu Otake as N/A

Seasons

1981 (1981) - (3 Episodes)

1982 (1982) - (2 Episodes)

1983 (1983) - (1 Episodes)

1984 (Unknown Year) - (1 Episodes)

1989 (Unknown Year) - (1 Episodes)

1990 (Unknown Year) - (1 Episodes)

2004 (2004) - (1 Episodes)

2005 (2005) - (1 Episodes)

1981 (1981)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Spherical Wilderness (1981-09-29)

A romantic mystery that depicts a man who could be called the "ghost of World War II" in an era that was said to be "no longer post-war," and the repercussions that accompany it and the shaky feelings of a family . Broadcast on September 29, 1981 from 21:02-22:54 as the first installment of Nippon Television 's " Tuesday Suspense Theater ." In the first episode of the same slot, Nippon Television asked for a drama based on the original work of Seicho Matsumoto, co-starring Toshiro Mifune and Yoko Shimada, and after consideration, this work was selected. Mifune Productions participated in the production, and Yoko Shimada played the same role as Kumiko Nogami in the movie version. Viewership rate: 17.1% ( Video Research research, Kanto area).
Ep. 2: the missing tanker (1981-10-06)

No overview for this episode.
Ep. 5: What is the truth behind that 300 million yen incident? The flame of father and son (2023-10-27)

A human drama inspired by the 300 million yen scandal that occurred in 1968, it depicts the fateful love and conflict between a father and son under dire circumstances. Directed by Noboru Tanaka, starring Tomisaburo Wakayama, Koichi Sato, and others. Yokomizo, a police officer working for the traffic riot police, has high expectations for his son, Kazuhiko. However, Kazuhiko begins to develop a complex about his talented father, and gradually begins to become a delinquent.