Kamaitachi

Operation: Mystery, episode 16

Information

Airdate

December 29, 1968

Directed by

Takashi Nagano

Written by

Shozo Uehara

Special Effects Directed by

Koichi Takano

Continuity
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Kamaitachi (かまいたち) is the sixteenth episode of Operation: Mystery.

Synopsis[]

A woman, feeling someone's presence behind her after getting off the train. Suddenly, accompanied by a roaring sound, a gust of wind attacks her, tearing her body apart. Later, a second murder occurs at the same scene.

It was a crime committed while the police officers who were asked for help briefly looked away. It is speculated that the weapon was not a blade, but rather a phenomenon resembling a "kamaitachi" occurred...

Cast[]

Shiro Maki (牧史郎, Maki Shirō): Shin Kishida (岸田森, Kishida Shin)
Kyosuke Misawa (三沢京助, Misawa Kyōsuke): Homare Suguro (勝呂誉, Suguro Homare)
Tadashi Matoya (的矢忠, Matoya Tadashi): Yasumi Hara (原保美, Hara Yasumi)
Hiroshi Nomura (野村洋, Nomura Hiroshi): Seiji Matsuyama (松山省二, Matsuyama Seiji)
Saori Ogawa (小川さおり, Ogawa Saori): Reiko Kobashi (小橋玲子, Kobashi Reiko)
Taizo Machida (町田大蔵, Machida Taizō): Akiji Kobayashi (小林昭二, Kobayashi Akiji)

Guest Actors[]

Matsuo Ono (小野松夫, Ono Matsuo): Osamu Kato (加藤修, Kato Osamu)
Daito Industries Factory Manager (大東工業工場長, Daitō Kōgyō Kōjōchō): Shinjiro Asano (浅野進治郎, Asano Shinjirō)
Detective Tani (谷刑事, Tani Keiji): Shunsuke Ikeda (池田駿介, Ikeda Shunsuke)
Keiko Hayashi (林恵子, Hayashi Keiko): Maki Wakayama (若山真樹, Wakayama Maki)
Matsuo's Friends (松夫の友人, Onomatsu no Yūjin):
- Masaru Terada (寺田柾, Terada Masaki)
- Shigenori Hoshi (星重則, Hoshi Shigenori)
- Emiko Nakajima (中島恵美子, Nakajima Emiko)
Police Officer (警官, Keikan): Fumindo Matsuo (松尾文人, Matsuo Fumindo)
Oden Shop Owner (おでん屋, Oden-ya): Yuji Fujishiro (藤城裕士, Fujishiro Yūji)
Naoko (直子): Shōko Kamejima (亀島笙子, Kamejima Shōko)
Michiko (美智子): Yoko Migita (右田洋子, Migita Yōko)
Katsunori Hatano (波多野克典, Hatano Katsunori)
Bunmei Tobayama (外波山文明, Tobayama Bunmei)

Home Media[]

Operation: Mystery Volume 4 features episodes 14-17.
Operation: Mystery Blu-ray BOX features all episodes except 24.

Trivia[]

The last Operation: Mystery - Mystery File episode, "He Who Peers Into the Abyss", is a tribute to this episode.

Operation: Mystery Episodes
Operation: Mystery	1. Man Through the Wall \| 2. Man-Eating Moths \| 3. White Face \| 4. Fearful Phone Calls \| 5. The Grim Reaper's Lullaby \| 6. Vampire Hell \| 7. The Woman With Blue Blood \| 8. The Shining Street Killer \| 9. The Strolling Head \| 10. Radio Waves Summoning Death \| 11. The Jaguar's Eyes Are Red \| 12. Fairy Tale of Fog \| 13. Gallows of Ice \| 14. Good Night \| 15. 24th Year of Revenge \| 16. Kamaitachi \| 17. The Phantom Grim Reaper \| 18. The Dead Whispers \| 19. Bat Man \| 20. Murderous Circuit \| 21. Beauty and Pollen \| 22. Endless Rampage \| 23. The Cursed Jar \| 24. Mad Humans \| 25. I Will Buy Kyoto \| 26. The Snow Woman
Operation: Mystery - Second File	1. Zeus Trigger \| 2. Showa Koji Gento \| 3. Man-Eating Trees
Operation: Mystery - Mystery File	1. The Blood Sphere \| 2. Ground-Crawling Queen \| 3. Beautiful Girl Creeping in Darkness \| 4. He Who Peers Into the Abyss