The Worst Episodes of Wounded Angels

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   #1 - 宝石泥棒に子守唄を

   S1:E110/5/1974

   Osamu, a gangster who works for "Ayabe Information Services" as a "private detective", is given a very interesting job: he has to pretend to rob a jewelry store, hide the "goods", and let himself get arrested...

   Director:Kinji Fukasaku

   Writer:Eizaburo Shiba

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   Director:Kinji Fukasaku

   Writer:Eizaburo Shiba
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   #2 - 悪女にトラック一杯の幸せを

   S1:E210/12/1974

   Osamu and Akira team up with a girl who has come into possession of a truck full of illegal bootleg silverware; they are determined to sell it, but nobody will buy!

   Director:Hideo Onchi

   Writers:Motozo Mineo, Hideichi Nagahara

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   Director:Hideo Onchi

   Writers:Motozo Mineo, Hideichi Nagahara
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   #3 - ヌードダンサーに愛の炎を

   S1:E310/19/1974

   Akira and Osamu are hired to try to convince two strippers to return to their loving families, but end up in the middle of a yakuza turf war.

   Director:Kinji Fukasaku

   Writer:Shin'ichi Ichikawa

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   Director:Kinji Fukasaku

   Writer:Shin'ichi Ichikawa
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   #4 - 港町に男涙のブルースを

   S1:E410/26/1974

   Osamu is sent to find a rival gang's heroin shipping lane and goes to a remote port town.

   Director:Tatsumi Kumashiro

   Writer:Yasuko Ōno

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   Director:Tatsumi Kumashiro

   Writer:Yasuko Ōno
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   #5 - 殺人者に怒りの雷光を

   S1:E511/2/1974

   Someone is murdering Ayabe's gang members in brutal and unusual ways, and as their numbers dwindle, they begin to get crazy...

   Director:Eiichi Kudō

   Writer:Shin'ichi Ichikawa

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   Director:Eiichi Kudō

   Writer:Shin'ichi Ichikawa
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   #6 - 草原に黒い十字架を

   S1:E611/9/1974

   Akira and Osamu are hired to protect a priceless European painting on display, but they manage to get it stolen right out from under their nose, by a tiny little cat burglar...

   Director:Tatsumi Kumashiro

   Writer:Kunihiko Yamamoto

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   Director:Tatsumi Kumashiro

   Writer:Kunihiko Yamamoto
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   #7 - 自動車泥棒にラブソングを

   S1:E711/16/1974

   Akira and Osamu are sent to break up a car-thieving ring, but end up in hot water.

   Director:Hideo Onchi

   Writer:Shin'ichi Ichikawa

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   Director:Hideo Onchi

   Writer:Shin'ichi Ichikawa
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   #8 - 偽札造りに愛のメロディーを

   S1:E811/23/1974

   A master counterfeiter wants to give up the profession, but Ayabe sends Osamu to take him for herself.

   Director:Eiichi Kudō

   Writer:Eizaburo Shiba

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   Director:Eiichi Kudō

   Writer:Eizaburo Shiba
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   #9 - ピエロに結婚行進曲を

   S1:E911/30/1974

   Ayabe feels the love-lights (or maybe feels her biological clock ticking) and has decided to marry a suave older (?) gentleman, but all 3 remaining gang members are against it because the guy gives them bad vibes.

   Director:Susumu Kodama

   Writer:Shin'ichi Ichikawa

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   Director:Susumu Kodama

   Writer:Shin'ichi Ichikawa
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    #10 - 金庫破りに赤いバラを

    S1:E1012/7/1974

    Akira and Osamu are supposed to steal certain documents for Ayabe, but someone frames them (and a rival thief) for murder. Panicking, they form an unlikely (and surprisingly homoerotic) alliance to try to save their own skins.

    Director:Hideo Suzuki

    Writer:Yuji Watanabe

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    Director:Hideo Suzuki

    Writer:Yuji Watanabe
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    #11 - シンデレラの死に母の歌を

    S1:E1112/14/1974

    Osamu and Akira must decide which of two women is the real heir to an old millionaire's fortune.

    Director:Togoro Tsuchiya

    Writer:Yuji Watanabe

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    Director:Togoro Tsuchiya

    Writer:Yuji Watanabe
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    #12 - 非情の街に狼の歌を

    S1:E1212/21/1974

    When Osamu breaks his leg, Akira must take his place in an undercover operation meant to flush out a man who stole millions of dollars from his company and ran away from his wife.

    Director:Susumu Kodama

    Writer:Toshio Kamata

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    Director:Susumu Kodama

    Writer:Toshio Kamata
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    #13 - 可愛いい女に愛の別れを

    S1:E1312/28/1974

    Akira and Osamu are keeping a rich girl in their apartment. Ayabe tricked her into voluntary captivity with them while Ayabe tries to shake down her father for money. Things get bad when Osamu runs out of money and turns into a shrieking harpy, and worse when the girl's father goes missing...

    Director:Togoro Tsuchiya

    Writers:Hisashi Takahata, Kunihiko Yamamoto

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    Director:Togoro Tsuchiya

    Writers:Hisashi Takahata, Kunihiko Yamamoto
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    #14 - 母のない子に浜千鳥を

    S1:E141/4/1975

    Osamu discovers his young son is missing, abducted by his late wife's sister, who is using the child to try and get child support payments from... a gangster who is also a hairdresser.

    Director:Hideo Onchi

    Writer:Shin'ichi Ichikawa

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    Director:Hideo Onchi

    Writer:Shin'ichi Ichikawa
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    #15 - つよがり女に涙酒を

    S1:E151/11/1975

    Osamu must find the kidnapped son of a magnate. The son was known to consort with a cabaret singer, so Osamu goes to investigate her first...

    Director:Hideo Onchi

    Writer:Yoshimi Shinozaki

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    Director:Hideo Onchi

    Writer:Yoshimi Shinozaki
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    #16 - 愛の情熱に別れの接吻を

    S1:E161/18/1975

    Osamu spends the night with a go-go girl, then must discover the secret mistress of a corporate bigwig. (Surprisingly, these are not in fact the same woman.)

    Director:Hideo Suzuki

    Writer:Toshio Kamata

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    Director:Hideo Suzuki

    Writer:Toshio Kamata
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    #17 - 回転木馬に熱いさよならを

    S1:E171/25/1975

    A man attempts to embezzle money from a kids' park; Ayabe Co. is hired to figure out who and stop the impending doom of the merry go round.

    Director:Hideo Suzuki

    Writers:Hisashi Takahata, Yuji Watanabe

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    Director:Hideo Suzuki

    Writers:Hisashi Takahata, Yuji Watanabe
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    #18 - リングサイドに花一輪を

    S1:E182/1/1975

    Osamu and Akira are sent to cause a ruckus in a local boxing gym to lower its land value and drive the owner out of business.

    Director:Susumu Kodama

    Writer:Hiroshi Kashiwabara

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    Director:Susumu Kodama

    Writer:Hiroshi Kashiwabara
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    #19 - 街の灯に桜貝の夢を

    S1:E192/8/1975

    Osamu and Akira can't get any work, so they try to open a snack bar. This isn't very successful, until they hit on making it a sexy snack bar. Then they have the genius idea of trying to blackmail the patrons.

    Director:Hideo Onchi

    Writer:Shin'ichi Ichikawa

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    Director:Hideo Onchi

    Writer:Shin'ichi Ichikawa
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    #20 - 兄妹に十日町小唄を

    S1:E202/15/1975

    Akira and Osamu wake up to discover a baby left on their doorstep. They have no means to take care of it, so they entrust it to a local doctor, who wants to adopt it, and hires them to find its parents (to draw up real adoption papers).

    Director:Susumu Kodama

    Writer:Yoshimi Shinozaki

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    Director:Susumu Kodama

    Writer:Yoshimi Shinozaki
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    #21 - 欲ぼけおやじにネムの木を

    S1:E212/22/1975

    Osamu and Akira are sent to steal a rich man's deposit in a tax-shelter bank. However, they don't know which bank it is, so they have to get that info out of him first.

    Director:Eiichi Kudō

    Writer:Fukiko Miyauchi

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    Director:Eiichi Kudō

    Writer:Fukiko Miyauchi
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    #22 - くちなしの花に別れのバラードを

    S1:E223/1/1975

    Osamu and Akira have to kidnap a disabled bride away from a forced marriage.

    Director:Susumu Kodama

    Writer:Yoshimi Shinozaki

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    Director:Susumu Kodama

    Writer:Yoshimi Shinozaki
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    #23 - 母の胸に悲しみの眠りを

    S1:E233/8/1975

    A mother hires Akira and Osamu to find the cause of death of her daughter, who was found floating dead in a river.

    Director:Eiichi Kudō

    Writer:Yu Tagami

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    Director:Eiichi Kudō

    Writer:Yu Tagami
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    #24 - 渡辺綱に小指の思い出を

    S1:E243/15/1975

    Osamu is hired to play a "real" yakuza and deal false cards to a group of gamblers. Unbeknownst to him, the client is using him to dominate the others in the group.

    Director:Susumu Kodama

    Writer:Shin'ichi Ichikawa

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    Director:Susumu Kodama

    Writer:Shin'ichi Ichikawa
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    #25 - 虫けらどもに寂しい春を

    S1:E253/22/1975

    Osamu and Akira are hired by a prominent writer's lover to discover why he has seemingly "changed" into a different personality altogether.

    Director:Eiichi Kudō

    Writers:Fukiko Miyauchi, Takeo Ohno

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    Director:Eiichi Kudō

    Writers:Fukiko Miyauchi, Takeo Ohno