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The Best Episodes of Master Keaton

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 25 - Kalihman of the Desert
    8.9/10(27 votes)

    #1 - Kalihman of the Desert

    S1:E25

    Keaton and the excavation team are left for dead in the Taklimakan Desert.

    Director:Hiroshi Hara
    Writer:Tomoko Konparu

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  2. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 9 - Traveling with a Lady
    8.8/10(27 votes)

    #2 - Traveling with a Lady

    S1:E9

    Keaton meets an arrogant old lady on a train from Germany to Switzerland who claims to be pursued by the Czech Secret Service.

    Director:Hiroshi Hara
    Writer:Tomoko Konparu

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  3. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 10 - Charlie
    8.8/10(27 votes)

    #3 - Charlie

    S1:E10

    Keaton helps a childhood friend Charlie Chapman, also a world-renowned detective, with the murder case of an art dealer.

    Director:Joji Shimura
    Writer:Shinzo Fujita

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  4. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 7 - Memories of Summer Pudding
    8.7/10(27 votes)

    #4 - Memories of Summer Pudding

    S1:E7

    Keaton, hoping to spend the summer vacation alone with Yuriko, heads for a farmhouse where he spent summers as a boy.

    Director:Nanako Shimazaki
    Writer:Hideo Takayashiki

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  5. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 13 - A Peaceful Death
    8.7/10(26 votes)

    #5 - A Peaceful Death

    S1:E13

    A terrorist finds his conscience and seeks Keaton's help to locate and defuse two IRA bombs in a crowded London shopping mall.

    Director:Masayuki Kojima
    Writer:Tatsuhiko Urahata

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  6. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 15 - A Long and Hot Day
    8.7/10(28 votes)

    #6 - A Long and Hot Day

    S1:E15

    An attack dog ruthlessly stalks Keaton deep in the mountains of Spain.

    Director:Ko Matsuo
    Writer:Tatsuhiko Urahata

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  7. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 17 - A Mansion of Roses
    8.7/10(27 votes)

    #7 - A Mansion of Roses

    S1:E17

    Edmond 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!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 23 - No Way Out
    8.7/10(25 votes)

    #8 - No Way Out

    S1:E23

    Keaton must escort a fugitive through a perilous road across a bottomless swamp.

    Director:Toshiharu Sato
    Writer:Shinzo Fujita

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  9. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 6 - White Goddess
    8.6/10(26 votes)

    #9 - White Goddess

    S1:E6

    Keaton meets Anna in Scilly Islands in England, who is protecting an archaeological site all by herself.

    Director:Hiroshi Aoyama
    Writer:Tatsuhiko Urahata

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  10. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 14 - Wall in One's Heart
    8.6/10(26 votes)

    #10 - Wall in One's Heart

    S1:E14

    Keaton 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 24 - The Day the Op Was Born
    8.6/10(24 votes)

    #11 - The Day the Op Was Born

    S1:E24

    Keaton recalls the first time he met Daniel and became the insurance investigator 10 years ago...

    Director:Hiroshi Aoyama
    Writer:Tatsuhiko Urahata

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  12. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 5 - Paris Under the Roof
    8.5/10(31 votes)

    #12 - Paris Under the Roof

    S1:E5

    After being fired from a college in Tokyo, Keaton finds a job as an instructor at an adult education center in France. There he meets...

    Director:Shinsaku Sasaki
    Writer:Hideo Takayashiki

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  13. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 8 - The Negotiator's Rule
    8.5/10(25 votes)

    #13 - The Negotiator's Rule

    S1:E8

    Keaton heads for the countryside in England to rescue a kidnapped manager of a Japanese electronics corporation.

    Director:Mitsuo Hashimoto
    Writer:Hideo Takayashiki

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  14. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 12 - A Case for Ladies
    8.5/10(27 votes)

    #14 - A Case for Ladies

    S1:E12

    Keaton and an elderly woman who loves detective movies pursue the truth behind a high-profile murder case.

    Director:Nanako Shimazaki
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 18 - Faker's Miscalculation
    8.3/10(24 votes)

    #15 - Faker's Miscalculation

    S1:E18

    Professor 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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 20 - The Island of Coward
    8.3/10(24 votes)

    #16 - The Island of Coward

    S1:E20

    The 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.

    Director:Nanako Shimazaki
    Writer:Shinzo Fujita

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  17. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 21 - The Thistle Emblem
    8.3/10(25 votes)

    #17 - The Thistle Emblem

    S1:E21

    Keaton flies to Scotland to investigate a watch preserved in a shrine in Japan.

    Director:Shinsaku Sasaki
    Writer:Tomoko Konparu

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  18. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 11 - Special Menu
    8.2/10(27 votes)

    #18 - Special Menu

    S1:E11

    Keaton assists an Englishman to become a Chinese chef with the help of a secret recipe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 19 - Into the Vast Sky...
    8.2/10(24 votes)

    #19 - Into the Vast Sky...

    S1:E19

    Keaton'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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 16 - The Elm Tree Forever
    8.1/10(26 votes)

    #20 - The Elm Tree Forever

    S1:E16

    Earl 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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 22 - Chateau Lajonchee 1944
    8.1/10(24 votes)

    #21 - Chateau Lajonchee 1944

    S1:E22

    Keaton visits Burgundy to insure the extraordinary vintage wine Chateau Lajonchee 1944.

    Director:Kitaro Kosaka
    Writer:Tomoko Konparu

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  22. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 1 - Man in a Maze
    8.0/10(45 votes)

    #22 - Man in a Maze

    S1:E1

    The mysterious death of a soldier in Greece causes suspicion. Lloyd's sends Keaton as an insurance investigator.

    Director:Shin'ichi Masaki
    Writer:Shinzo Fujita

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  23. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 2 - Little Giant
    8.0/10(40 votes)

    #23 - Little Giant

    S1:E2

    Bounty hunters stakes out a former German Red Army member, Rosa. Keaton is hired by her wealthy family to protect her.

    Director:Masayuki Kojima
    Writer:Shinzo Fujita

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  24. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 3 - Strange Tales of Lasagna
    8.0/10(38 votes)

    #24 - Strange Tales of Lasagna

    S1:E3

    Keaton is hired to retrieve nine year old Flora from Italy. They flee for France where her mother waits.

    Director:Mamoru Kanbe
    Writer:Yuji Moriyama

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  25. Master Keaton Season 1 Episode 4 - Immortal Man
    8.0/10(34 votes)

    #25 - Immortal Man

    S1:E4

    Keaton saves the "immortal man" from the Russian Mafia. The man reveals the secret of the Romanov Treasures.

    Director:Hiroshi Hara
    Writer:Hideo Takayashiki

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Best Episodes Summary

"Kalihman of the Desert" is the best rated episode of "Master Keaton". It scored 8.9/10 based on 27 votes. Directed by Hiroshi Hara and written by Tomoko Konparu, it aired on 12/22/1999. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Traveling with a Lady".