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Master Keaton
The amazing Taichi Keaton works on cases around the globe that always lead to adventure! He combines his arsenal of multidisciplinary expertise in investigation, archeology, and survival with his experience as a professor, a Falklands Conflict veteran and a SAS agent to unravel the often dangerous challenges in each riveting episode.
- Cast:
- Norihiro Inoue, Houko Kuwashima, Ichiro Nagai, Shinpachi Tsuji
- Language:
- Japanese
- Country:
- Japan
- Network:
- NHK BS1
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 1
Episodes
Episode 1
Man in a Maze
1998-10-06 · 25mThe mysterious death of a soldier in Greece causes suspicion. Lloyd's sends Keaton as an insurance investigator.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 2
Little Giant
1998-10-13 · 25mBounty hunters stakes out a former German Red Army member, Rosa. Keaton is hired by her wealthy family to protect her.
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Strange Tales of Lasagna
1998-10-20 · 25mKeaton is hired to retrieve nine year old Flora from Italy. They flee for France where her mother waits.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 4
Immortal Man
1998-10-27 · 25mKeaton saves the "immortal man" from the Russian Mafia. The man reveals the secret of the Romanov Treasures.
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Paris Under the Roof
1998-11-03 · 25mAfter being fired from a college in Tokyo, Keaton finds a job as an instructor at an adult education center in France. There he meets...
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White Goddess
1998-11-10 · 25mKeaton meets Anna in Scilly Islands in England, who is protecting an archaeological site all by herself.
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Memories of Summer Pudding
1998-11-17 · 25mKeaton, hoping to spend the summer vacation alone with Yuriko, heads for a farmhouse where he spent summers as a boy.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 8
The Negotiator's Rule
1998-11-24 · 25mKeaton heads for the countryside in England to rescue a kidnapped manager of a Japanese electronics corporation.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 9
Traveling with a Lady
1998-12-01 · 25mKeaton meets an arrogant old lady on a train from Germany to Switzerland who claims to be pursued by the Czech Secret Service.
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Charlie
1998-12-08 · 25mKeaton helps a childhood friend Charlie Chapman, also a world-renowned detective, with the murder case of an art dealer.
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Special Menu
1998-12-15 · 25mKeaton assists an Englishman to become a Chinese chef with the help of a secret recipe.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 12
A Case for Ladies
1998-12-22 · 25mKeaton and an elderly woman who loves detective movies pursue the truth behind a high-profile murder case.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 13
A Peaceful Death
1999-01-05 · 25mA terrorist finds his conscience and seeks Keaton's help to locate and defuse two IRA bombs in a crowded London shopping mall.
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Wall in One's Heart
1999-01-12 · 25mKeaton helps a German businessman to locate his long-lost daughter while she seeks to avenge her mother's death in a labor camp in East Germany.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 15
A Long and Hot Day
1999-01-19 · 25mAn attack dog ruthlessly stalks Keaton deep in the mountains of Spain.
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The Elm Tree Forever
1999-01-26 · 25mEarl Fenders' bankruptcy leaves him a broken man, but his son, Robert, needs his fathers overbearing personality to inspire his music - can Keaton restore the father's domineering arrogance?
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A Mansion of Roses
1999-02-09 · 25mEdmond Layman was found murdered in his rose garden and his widow fears for her life. Their gardener, Eric, disappeared and is the chief suspect but Keaton soon unburies a thorny secret!
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 18
Faker's Miscalculation
1999-02-16 · 25mProfessor Bennington runs for Chancellor to save the college only to be targeted by a team of con men. But will the con men's professional pride lead them to change their minds?
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Into the Vast Sky...
1999-02-23 · 25mKeaton's daughter meets a childhood friend who wants to free a hawk. Keaton and the boy's father secretly follow out of concern for the boy who also desperately wants to be free.
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The Island of Coward
1999-03-02 · 25mThe Polish Mafia takes over Keaton's hotel in a blaze of gunfire. Although accused of being cowards for their inaction, Keaton and a secret legend use their experience to win despite the terrible odds.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 21
The Thistle Emblem
1999-03-09 · 25mKeaton flies to Scotland to investigate a watch preserved in a shrine in Japan.
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Chateau Lajonchee 1944
1999-03-16 · 25mKeaton visits Burgundy to insure the extraordinary vintage wine Chateau Lajonchee 1944.
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No Way Out
1999-03-23 · 25mKeaton must escort a fugitive through a perilous road across a bottomless swamp.
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The Day the Op Was Born
1999-03-30 · 25mKeaton recalls the first time he met Daniel and became the insurance investigator 10 years ago...
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Kalihman of the Desert
1999-12-22 · 25mKeaton and the excavation team are left for dead in the Taklimakan Desert.
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Family
1999-12-22 · 25mKeaton, asked to recruit a former East German Olympic swimmer, but first Keaton must deal with the swimmer's depression and face off against a group of skinheads.
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The Red Wind
1999-12-22 · 25mRazin left Russia to attend an air show in the UK, but after his two bodyguards are murdered, Keaton finds himself between Razin and a killer KGB agent.
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A Message from Alexeyev
2000-01-21 · 25mWhile visiting a resort on a Spanish island, Keaton meets Sendel who reveals a tale of passion and betrayal between Russian agents and locals the Spanish Civil War 50 years ago.
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The Forbidden Fruit
2000-01-21 · 25mKeaton crashes a party for the newest board member of the premiere accounting firm in the UK after he suspects the board member of murdering his way to the top!
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The Highlands in Your Eyes
2000-01-21 · 25mKeaton attempts to rescue an artist forced to paint forgeries who has been held hostage in a house by his extreme shortsightedness and his shattered confidence.
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The Scent is the Key
2000-02-21 · 25mA man requests Keaton to investigate the untimely death of his friend who lacked a "scent of death."
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The Back Street
2000-02-21 · 25mA reluctant Keaton believes he is handing enticement money to a woman on behalf of her father, but soon discovers quite a different story.
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Devil Like an Angel
2000-02-21 · 25mKeaton searches for a Japanese art student in Italy only to discover the student has become involved with a terrorist group!
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The Agate Color of Time
2000-03-23 · 25mKeaton shares stories of his youth in Cornwall with his daughter, Yuriko.
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Love in May
2000-04-21 · 25mKeaton's daughter becomes involved in a purse-snatching investigation in London while her father rests his broken leg in the hospital.
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Blue Friday
2000-05-24 · 25mWhile Keaton chases after an elusive insurance beneficiary, his parter Daniel pursues a new beauty.
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Interview Day
2000-05-24 · 25mKeaton, unsure about pursuing a career as an archaeologist, allows himself to be distracted by his father on his way to an interview at Tozai University.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 38
Hunting Season Part 1
2000-06-21 · 25mTwo knife murders in London drags Keaton into a chase tying the SAS to a vicious drug ring.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 39
Hunting Season Part 2
2000-06-21 · 25mTwo knife murders in London drags Keaton into a chase tying the SAS to a vicious drug ring.
Current episodeCast
Norihiro Inoue
Taichi Hiraga-Keaton (voice)
Houko Kuwashima
Yuriko Hiraga (voice)
Ichiro Nagai
Taihei Hiraga (voice)
Shinpachi Tsuji
Daniel O'Connell (voice)
Masashi Sugawara
Charlie Chapman (voice)
