The Strolling Head

Operation: Mystery, episode 9

Information

Airdate

November 10, 1968

Directed by

Tsuneo Kobayashi

Written by

Bunzo Wakatsuki

Special Effects Directed by

Jun Oki

Continuity
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The Strolling Head (散歩する首, Sanpo Suru Kubi) is the ninth episode of Operation: Mystery.

Synopsis[]

While on a tour, a couple witnesses the phenomenon of a "strolling head" at the mountain pass. Terrified, the man on the motorcycle, fearing for his life, swerves off the road and crashes into a tree, igniting in flames. Subsequent similar accidents occur, but they are revealed to be orchestrated by Hoshino, the sole survivor of one such incident.

Pretending to be the tragic protagonist in the shack where the bodies are brought, Hoshino is confronted by the man who discovered the accidents...

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)

Guest Actors[]

Minezawa (峰村): Jiro Tsuruga (鶴賀二郎, Tsuruga Jirō)
Ritsuko Iizuka (飯塚律子, Iizuka Ritsuko): Katsuko Tsuzuki (都築克子, Tsuzuki Katsuko)
Mamoru Hoshino (星野守, Hoshino Mamoru): Tatsuya Ryu (笠達也, Ryū Tatsuya)
Old Woman (老婆, Roba): Noriko Homma (本間文子, Homma Noriko)
Assistant Inoue (井上助手, Inoue Josuke): Keisuke Nakai (中井啓輔, Nakai Keisuke)
Middle-aged Police Officer (中年の警官, Nakanii Kusa): Ito Hiroshi (糸博, Ito Hiroshi)
Firefighter Member (消防団員, Shōbōdan'in): Hirohisa Sonoda (園田裕久, Sonoda Hirohisa)
Police Officer (警察官, Keisatsukan): Shūji Ida (維田修二, Ida Shūji)
Woman's Head (女の首, Onna no Kubisu): Keiko Ito (伊藤慶子, Itō Keiko)

Voice Actors[]

Narrator (ナレーター, Narētā): Hajime Akashi (明石一, Akashi Hajime)

Appearances[]

Kaiju[]

Namakubi

Home Media[]

Operation: Mystery Volume 2 features episodes 6-9.
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