Operation: Mystery Fight! Mighty Jack. Tsuburaya Productions' official international title for the series is Operation: Mystery.
is a mystery supernatural show produced by Tsuburaya in 1968. It was filmed after the production ofRather than focus on giant monsters, the series focuses on paranormal phenomena and revolves around the exploits of the Science Research Institute (SRI) as they combat these threats.
Synopsis[]
The SRI confronts enigmatic scientific crimes disguised as inexplicable incidents. An eerie moth that dissolves humans with phosphorous powder. A French doll wielding a knife and attacking people. A phosphorescent human fused with sulfur. Bizarre and unsettling incidents, along with the hidden human darkness behind them, are exposed through scientific investigation.
The advancements in science and the unchanging human psyche have given rise to new forms of terrifying crimes.[1]
Characters[]
SRI[]
- Tadashi Matoya
- Shiro Maki
- Kyosuke Misawa
- Hiroshi Nomura
- Saori Ogawa
Kaiju[]
- Flesh Eating Moths
- Vampire
- Murder Dolls
- Namakubi
- Samurai Phantoms
- Frozen Human Okazaki
- E-Bat
- Snow Woman
Cast[]
- Shiro Maki Shin Kishida :
- Kyosuke Misawa Homare Suguro :
- Tadashi Matoya : Yasumi Hara
- Hiroshi Nomura : Seiji Matsuyama (episodes 1-17, 19-26)
- Saori Ogawa : Reiko Kobashi (episeodes 1-5, 7-22, 24-26)
- Taizo Machida Akiji Kobayashi (episodes 1-2, 4-8, 10-21, 23-26) :
- Jiro : Hiroshi Nakashima (episodes 1-3, 11)
Staff[]
- Producers: Koji Morita, Koichi Noguchi, Takaaki Toyako (Tsuburaya Pro) Ken Kumagai, Yoji Hashimoto (TBS)
- Supervisor: Eiji Tsuburaya
- Music director: Naozumi Yamamoto
- Music: Hiroki Tamaki
- Screenplay: Uehara Shozo, Kanagi Tetsuo, Sasaki Mamoru, Wakatsuki Bunzo, Ichikawa Moriichi, Fukuda Jun, Takahashi Tatsuo, Fujikawa Keisuke, Tanabe Torao, Ishido Yoshiro, Yamaura Hiroyasu
- Directors: Toshihiro Iijima, Hajime Tsuburaya, Akio Jissoji, Suzuki ShunTsugi, Tsuneo Kobayashi, Ando Tatsumi, Takashi Nagano, Shigeo Nakagi, Jun Fukuda, Kazuho Mitsuda
- Special effects: Toru Maba, Junkichi Oki, Koichi Takano, Kazuo Sagawa
- Assistant directors: Masataka Yamamoto, Seiichi Namba, Takehiko Ishii, Takeshi Ando, Goro Takahashi, Sei Okamura, Shohei Tojo, Hiroshi Shimura
- Cinematography: Yasuzo Inagaki, Yasudo Fukuzawa, Kiyoshi Suzuki, Yoshihiro Mori, Takeshi Nakamachi
- Art: Iwasaki Masaki, Iketani Senkoku, Fukada Tatsuro, Kurahashi Toshiro
- Production cooperation: Kyoto Film (only episodes 23 and 25)
- Production: Tsuburaya Productions, TBS
- Provided by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.
Spin-offs[]
There have been three sequels/remakes of Operation: Mystery:
- Mysterious Incident Special Investigation Team SRI: The Sneering Man Engulfed in Flames - 2004
- Operation: Mystery - Second File - 2007
- Operation: Mystery - Mystery File - 2013
Manga[]
The series received a number of manga adaptions by various authors.
Home Media[]
Operation: Mystery first released on multiple VHS and LaserDisc sets. In 2003-2004, it was released on six DVDs, each containing 4-5 episodes. Episodes were proportioned the same on a second series of DVDs in 2012-2013, which were also included in two box sets that released on September 21 and November 21 in 2012.[2][3] A Blu-ray set of the series in HD across four discs was released on March 6, 2019, with a fifth disc containing interviews and trailers.[4] The banned twenty-fourth episode is not included on any of the DVD or the Blu-ray sets.
German Dub[]
13 episodes were dubbed in German and aired in Germany under the name S.R.I. and the Sinister Cases
in 1968. These episodes were released on DVD in 2013 by Pidax Film, along with a second volume containing the remaining episodes of the series with German subtitles.Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- This is the last television series Eiji Tsuburaya contributed to before his death.
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