U-NEXT Co., Ltd.
The masterpiece drama broadcast on TBS is now available for the first time on U-NEXT! “Kyotaro Nishimura Suspense Inspector Totsukawa Series” starring Tsunehiko Watase, and! Makiko Uchidate’s shocking work “Weekend Wedding” will be distributed for the first time from December 1st!
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The video distribution service “U-NEXT” operated by U-NEXT Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, President: Tenshin Tsutsumi) of the USEN-NEXT GROUP, will be broadcasting classic dramas previously broadcast by TBS on 12 days ago. Distribution will start one after another from Friday 1st of the month. First of all, the “Kyotaro Nishimura Suspense Inspector Totsukawa Series” starring Tsunehiko Watase, which ran over 50 works from 1992 to 2015, will be distributed sequentially from the first work. In addition, we will also distribute a special version of Makiko Uchidate’s shocking work “Weekend Wedding”, which caused a stir in society when it was broadcast on terrestrial TV in 1999. This is the first time that both works will be distributed.
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Broadcast in 1992 “Kyotaro Nishimura Suspense Inspector Totsukawa Series “Sapporo Station Murder Case””
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Production work: Telepack/TBS
Producer: Kazukiyo Morishita (1-4), Yuzo Higuchi (1, 4), Ken Uchino (2, 3), Hirokatsu Okada (4)
Director: Tokizo Wakita
Original work: Kyotaro Nishimura
Screenplay: Hiroshi Takeyama
■”Weekend marriage”
[Distribution start date] December 1, 2023 (Friday) 12:00~
[Viewing page] https://www.video.unext.jp/title/SID0096368
[Cast] Hiromi Nagasaku, Yuki Matsushita, Toru Nakamura, Hiroshi Abe, Kazuki Sawamura, Ayako Kawahara, Junkichi Orimoto, Kie Negishi, Shigeru Kamiyama, Hitomi Nakahara, Kyoko Togawa, and others.
■“Weekend marriage special”
[Distribution start date] December 1, 2023 (Friday) 12:00~
[Viewing page] https://www.video.unext.jp/title/SID0096369
[Cast] Hiromi Nagasaku, Yuki Matsushita, Tooru Nakamura, Hiroshi Abe, Kazuki Sawamura, Ayako Kawahara, Miho Kanno, and others
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Production work: Telepack/TBS
Producer: Hisao Yaguchi
Director: Akimitsu Sasaki, Takashi Fujio, Tatsuya Ikezawa
Original work: Makiko Uchidate (published by Gentosha)
Screenplay: Makiko Uchidate
Theme song: AN-J “The place where you can see a smile ~I WANNA GO~” (avex tune) “Kyotaro Nishimura Suspense Inspector Totsukawa Series” (C)
Telepack/TBS (C) Kyotaro Nishimura
“Weekend marriage” “Weekend marriage special” (C) Makiko
Uchidate/Gentosha (C) Telepack/TBS
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