Unfortunate Detective: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Takashi Oshii is a detective with excellent reasoning power. Unfortunately, he usually misses the criminal in front of him and other detectives gets get recognition for the capture. He is transferred to the Utobashi Police Station.

Takashi Oshii goes to a record company CEO's house. The CEO's third son was burned to death. The police are set to conclude that his death was an accident, but Takashi Oshii thinks otherwise. Takashi Oshii begins to investigate.

Series details

• Title: Unfortunate Detective
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Crime
• Premiere date: 2019-05-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-04-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 60286
• IMDb ID: tt12739154
• TVDB ID: 366112

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-05-05; final listed air date 2019-05-26.
• Season 2: premiered 2021-03-07; final listed air date 2021-04-25.

Source and licence

Adapted from Unfortunate Detective 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.