33pun Tantei

33分探偵 · 33 Minute Detective

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NetworkFuji TV
Broadcast2 Aug 2008 – 27 Sep 2008
Episodes9 Episodes
ViewershipAverage 9.1%
Fan score 7.0 from 2 reviews
Genrescomedy detective mystery

Synopsis

Kurama Rokuro is a private detective. He is a detective story aficionado, and a mystery geek. He believes in ghosts and UFOs. He hates the sight of blood and dead bodies. He has a sharp insight and a creative imagination, but his reasoning is always just a guess. When he wrongly accuses people of a crime, he sends them a gift with a note "I'm sorry about the mistake". His mission is to use up the airtime (33 min.) to solve a quite simple case which must be settled in 5 min. His wild guesses and imagination increase the number of suspects, and his ambiguous reasoning turns the cases upside down. Can he finally discover the offender?

Synopsis: Tokyograph

Cast & characters 57 credited

Theme song

  • “Secret Code” — Kinki Kids

Fan reviews 2 reviews

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one of my favourites

8 / 10

irish · 2011

this is one of my favourite. The cast is terrific, and very game.
I love the concept.
But has anybody ever seen the american tv series police squad, on which the naked gun films were based. This series borrows steals from that.

Conceptual fun

6 / 10

jdoramadotcom · 2011

You know how detective programs always manage to resolve the mystery just when it's required? Well, this drama features a private detective whose cases are pretty obvious from the start; however, the PI finds a way to pad the mystery so it lasts the entire show. 33pun Tantei is certainly conceptual, and rather fun in theory - but the device loses its novelty after a while, repeating the same basic gag every time. I'm not sure if it's the writing or the acting (maybe both), but the well runs dry way too early for this show to succeed.