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Onihei Hankachō (鬼平犯科帳) is a series of historical novels written by Japanese author Shōtarō Ikenami. Following the character Heizo Hasegawa in the Edo period of Japan, Ikenami wrote the first story for the December 1967 issue of the light novel magazine Ōru Yomimono published by Bungeishunjū. It was well-received and began serialization in January 1968. Ikenami wrote 19 books in the main series before he died in…
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Good show about Edo period crime fighter squad and its leader Onihei a.k.a. the "Oni" (demon) who "never tolerates evil". Each episode is a story about someone a thief, a murderer, a witness, an orphan, a samurai, a ronin, a wife, a merchant, a victim, a commander, etc. It is especially nice that the main character is not a typical enforcer but a wise person who exercise his moral judgement regardless of law, especi…More
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