Master Keaton

Genre: Action / Adventure (Age Rating 13+)
Format: DVD (Region 1)
Length: 115 Minutes Per Volume
Language: Bilingual - Japanese w/ English Subtitles and English Dubbed
Release: Geneon Entertainment

Availability : Discontinued and Out of Print - Limited to Stock on Hand

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 Conflict veteran and a SAS agent to unravel the often dangerous challenges in each riveting episode.

Volume #1: Excavation 1 (Eps #1-5)

Keatone rescues the beautiful Sofia from a gang of thugs in Greece, then works with bounty hunters to locate a terrorist in Germany. Later, after he escorts the heir to an Italian fortune to France, he meets an "immortal" being chased by the Russian mafia in Poland, and finally returns to Paris for an emotional reunion!

Volume #2: Excavation 2 (Eps #6-10)

His job is Danger, his office is the World! Trouble always finds Taichi Keaton, but even the most violent cases are overpowered by his razor sharp ntellect! Keaton begins his adventures at an archeological dig in England where an old friend uses the techniques her mother used to fight Nazis in WWII to save an ancient burial site. Next, Keaton returns home to Japan for a quiet vacation with his daughter, but his father arrives along with a heat wave! Then it’s back to Europe to tackle kidnappers in England, old ladies on German trains and a murder case involving the famous detective, Charlie Chapman.

Volume #3: Killer Conscience (Eps #11-15)

From the innocuous to the Intense! Keaton often applies his skills to a variety of challenges, from uncovering secret recipes to solving murder mysteries. Then again, sometimes the cases come to him with a vengeance! Whether its an IRA bomb maker and his belated conscience forcing Keaton to diffuse bombs in a crowded shopping mall or a search for a missing daughter in Germany, Keaton always depends upon his ability to think. Yet this time, his real challenge for survival comes in the mountains of Spain against a killer on four legs!

Volume #4: Blood and Bullets (Eps #16-20)

A Brave Coward! Murder, bankruptcy, blackmail. Can Keaton really claim to lead a quiet life with this caseload? Even when not working a case, drama still works its way into Keaton’s life in the form of a friend of his daughter’s who wants to leave his stifling life behind to be free like a hawk... Finally, Keaton goes to Scotland to visit a friend; naturally, danger soon follows in the form of mercenaries from the Polish Mafia who take over the hotel after getting into a gun battle with the police!

Volume #5: Blood and Dust (Eps #21-25)

The past conceals grand adventures! Keaton explores the amazing history of a Scottish watch enshrined in Japan and a bottle of fine French wine hidden from the Nazis. Then, Keaton uncovers a false "Robin Hood" and must run for his life!  Attempting to follow his dreams, Keaton turns to archeology, but just as his passion led to his first murder investigation, Keaton finds danger on his next dig site when the natives strand the team in the Taklimakan desert!

Volume #6: Fakers and Friends (Eps #26-30)

Keaton starts by rescuing an East German Olympian from depression and skin-heads before interfering in a KGB hit on a Russian attending an air show in the UK. Later, after a trip to Spain's islands where he learns about passion and betrayal from a veteran of the Spanish Civil War, Keaton returns to hunt a murderer within England's premiere accounting firm.

Volume #7: Life and Death (Eps #31-35)

From Europe to Japan, Keaton's family matters drag him in between his father and a strange woman then leads to memories of his childhood in Cornwall. To avoid those troubles, Keaton explores more dangerous paths while investigating suspicious murders and terrorists across Europe. As usual, Keaton's skills will be put to the test to uncover the truth, but while he's in be recovering from a broken leg, his daughter Yuriko will use skills of her own to track down a purse-snatcher in London!

Volume #8: Passion Games (Eps #36-39)

Keaton's intellectual curiosity helps him to locate an elusive insurance beneficiary, but then distracts him from making a job interview at Tozai University. Natural tendencies may occasionally be troublesome, but Keaton will need every instinct and trained skill to survive his next case when two knife murders in London appear to link the SAS to a drug ring!