The Grim Reaper's Lullaby

Operation: Mystery, episode 5

Information

Airdate

October 13, 1968

Continuity
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The Grim Reaper's Lullaby (死神の子守唄, Shinigami no Komoriuta) is the fifth episode of Operation: Mystery.

Synopsis[]

On a deserted night road, a black figure aiming a gun at a woman fleeing from pursuers. A flash emanates from the gun, and the woman's body becomes frozen solid! Radioactivity is detected from the victim's body, and it's speculated that Spectral G-rays, still a mystery in the scientific world, were used in the crime.

Misawa realizes that the lyrics of a hit song sung by Kyoko Takagi match the circumstances of the murder.

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[]

Kyoko Takagi (高木京子, Takagi Kyoko): Yuri Miyama (深山ユリ, Miyama Yuri)
Dr. Aso (麻生博士, Aso Hakase): Rokko Toura (戸浦六宏, Toura Rokkō)
Sadao Yoshino (吉野貞夫, Yoshino Sadao): Daigo Kusano (草野大悟, Kusano Daigo)
Dr. Oda (小田博士, Oda Hakase): Shoji Nakadai (中台祥治, Nakadai Shōji)
Club Manager (クラブのマネージャー, Kurabu no Manējā): Yasuhiko Saijo (西条康彦, Saijō Yasuhiko)
Victims (被害者, Higaisha):
- Setsuko Iino (飯野節子, Iino Setsuko)
- Fukiko Takano (高野フキ子, Takano Fukiko)
- Junko Sakurai (桜井純子, Sakurai Junko)
- Machiko Kimura (木村マチ子, Kimura Machiko)

Home Media[]

Operation: Mystery Volume 1 features episodes 1-5.
Operation: Mystery Blu-ray BOX features all episodes except 24.

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