"Tuesday Suspense Theater" was broadcast every Tuesday from 21:00 to 22:54 ( JST ) on the Nippon Television network for 24 years from September 29 , 1981 to September 27, 2005. It was a two-hour drama slot. As a general rule, suspense dramas with one complete episode (very rarely, two parts) were broadcast every week from 21:00 to 22:54 ( JST ). It is a broadcast frame. Some episodes also aired horror, historical dramas, and special effects dramas.
A human drama inspired by the 300 million yen scandal that occurred in 1968, it depicts the fateful love and conflict between a father and son under dire circumstances. Directed by Noboru Tanaka, starring Tomisaburo Wakayama, Koichi Sato, and others. Yokomizo, a police officer working for the traffic riot police, has high expectations for his son, Kazuhiko. However, Kazuhiko begins to develop a complex about his talented father, and gradually begins to become a delinquent.
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