Sanbiki no Ossan: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Kiyota Kiyokazu, Tachibana Shigeo and Arimura Norio are childhood friends. Upon reaching the retirement age, Kiyo had to retire from his job, only to take up contract work at a Game Center. Shige owns an izakaya (Japanese pub) and used to run it until recently, having handed over the reins to his son, Kosei. Nori is a manager of a machinery equipment manufacturing plant. Back in high school, the three of them were part of the "Three Bad Boys" group. Kiyo is an expert in Kendo, while Shige has a black belt in Judo, and Nori is an ex-military strategist. All in their 60's now, the 3 of them get together to form a vigilance committee, and patrol the neighborhood at night.

Series details

• Title: Sanbiki no Ossan
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2014-01-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-03-10
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 59 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 24768
• TVDB ID: 298400

Cast and credited roles

• Kinya Kitaoji — Kiyokazu Kiyota
• Izumiya Shigeru — Tachibana Shigeo
• Shiga Kotaro — Arimura Norio

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-01-17; final listed air date 2014-03-14; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2015-04-24; final listed air date 2015-06-12; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: premiered 2017-01-20; final listed air date 2017-03-10; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Sanbiki no Ossan on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.