This is a complete list of the episodes of the 1979-1980 Japanese television series "Tantei Monogatari" (Detective Story). See LeMoDa.net's page on Tantei Monogatari for more information about the series. Because this series is very famous in Japan, and yet unknown abroad, all the information you will find on the internet is in Japanese, so the external links from this page and the per-episode sub pages will all take you to Japanese pages.
Kudo is hired by a nun to return a stolen handbag. The contents of the bag turn out to be a lot more valuable than they had imagined.
See Episode 1: 聖女が街にやって来た "A holy woman comes to town" for more on this episode.
The beautiful young wife of a dying millionaire asks Kudo to search for her stepdaughter so her father can meet her one last time. Kudo tracks the daughter down to a brothel, but all is not as it seems.
See Episode 2: サーフ・シティー・ブルース "Surf city blues" for more on this episode.
A mystery man gives Kudo wads of money to do a background check on a female lawyer. Kudo thinks he wants to check her out for a possible marriage, but his motives turn out to be much more sinister.
See Episode 3: 危険を買う男 "The man who bought danger" for more on this episode.
After passing out while drunk, Kudo finds himself on a ferry, and gets wrapped up in a case of murder and missing millions belonging to a certain highly dangerous organization.
See Episode 4: 暴力組織 "The gangsters" for more on this episode.
Ichiro Tamura is a hard-working official who doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, and always saves money by eating cheaply. So why did he drop everything and come all the way from Fukui prefecture with a bag full of cash, searching for his sister?
See Episode 5: 夜汽車で来たあいつ "He came on the night train" for more on this episode.
A girl from the country wants Kudo to find her missing boyfriend. Half the population is male, so Kudo tells her to find another one. But she won't give up ...
See Episode 6: 失踪者の影 "Shadow of a missing man" for more on this episode.
Kudo is requested to track down a vandal, but things turn sour when the vandal is murdered.
See Episode 7: 裏街の女 "Backstreet woman" for more on this episode.
Garage owner Tatsuya Okajima hires Kudo to find his younger brother Susumu (played by Taiki Kato), who left home to join a motorcycle gang. Kudo searches for Susumu among bikers.
See Episode 8: 暴走儀式 "The biker ritual" for more on this episode.
A boy mad about space-alien-adventure TV programmes, Makoto, appears in Kudo's office telling him that his sister has been kidnapped by aliens. Kudo thinks he'll play the boy along for a while, but where on earth is his sister?
See Episode 9: 惑星から来た少年 "The boy from another planet" for more on this episode.
Chiko, the transvestite/transexual first seen in episode 4 hires Kudo to prove that her friend is innocent of a murder.
See Episode 10: 夜の仮面 "Night mask" for more on this episode.
Kudo gets a phone call from the bank warning him he has no money left. He doesn't normally do debt collection work, but just then a crazy man wanders into his office and offers him a job collecting an unpaid bar bill.
See Episode 11: 鎖の街 "Town of chains" for more on this episode.
Kudo is hired to find a missing daughter. He quickly finds her, but the people who hired him have disappeared, and the person who answers their phone only speaks Italian ?!?
See Episode 12: 誘拐 "Kidnapped" for more on this episode.
Masako Aiki meets an elegant jewel thief.
See Episode 13: 或る夜の出来事 "It happened one night" for more on this episode.
Kudo is hired by the wife of a lawyer who commited suicide after being accused of rape and murder.
See Episode 14: 復讐のメロディー "The Melody of Revenge" for more on this episode.
A shady ex-journalist tries to get Kudo to help with a scheme which he thinks will make a lot of money.
See Episode 15: 脅迫者 "The intimidator" for more on this episode.
Kudo's "friend" sets him up to get him arrested by the police to teach him a lesson. Things get more and more out of hand.
See Episode 16: 裏切りの遊戯 "The betrayal game" for more on this episode.
Kudo is hired against his will by an insurance company to find "The Black Cat", a notorious thief who has made off with some artworks.
See Episode 17: 黒猫に罠を張れ "Set a trap for the black cat" for more on this episode.
A cut-price gangster makes off with 100 million yen of the mob's money, hoping to make it to Brazil, where he's going to cook octopus balls.
See Episode 18: 犯罪大通り "Crime Avenue" for more on this episode.
Kudo is hired by a beautiful woman to track down her boyfriend. Just one problem: the boyfriend died three years ago ?!?.
See Episode 19: 影を捨てた男 "The man from the shadows" for more on this episode.
A boxer takes five million yen to take a fall in a staged fight, but wins. As he makes his getaway, he bumps into Kudo.
See Episode 20: 逃亡者 "The fugitive" for more on this episode.
A woman comes to Kudo's office thinking that it is the office of another man named Kudo.
See Episode 21: 欲望の迷路 "Maze of desire" for more on this episode.
"Mr. Blue", a gangster, has been released from prison because he's dying of cancer. His last wish: kill the man who's been sleeping with his wife. He hires Kudo to track them down.
See Episode 22: ブルー殺人事件 "Blue murder" for more on this episode.
Kudo makes friends with a pianist. The pianist loves a girl, but she marries another man. Then when the other man is run over, the pianist is number one suspect.
See Episode 23: 夕陽に赤い血を！ "Red Blood at Night" for more on this episode.
Kudo is hired to recover a stolen diamond. If he doesn't get it back in time, someone's going to pay!
See Episode 24: ダイヤモンド・パニック "Diamond Panic" for more on this episode.
Kudo fights police corruption, with the help of corrupt policemen Detective Hattori and Detective Matsumoto.
See Episode 25: ポリス番外地 "Outside police jurisdiction" for more on this episode.
Kudo helps the police with their enquiries, tracking down Shiro's gang.
See Episode 26: 野良犬の勲章 "The stray dog's medal" for more on this episode.
See Episode 27: ダウンタウン・ブルース "Downtown Blues" for more on this episode.
Disclaimer: The episode title translations, subtitle translations, trailer translations, and all other information in English are all translations by Ben Bullock. This programme has never been translated into English.