Operation: Mystery
Advancements in science and the unchanging human psyche have given rise to new forms of terrifying crimes as the Science Research Institute (SRI) investigates various strange phenomena in Japan.
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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.
1.Man Through the Wall
15-09-1968A mysterious figure claiming to be the phantom thief King Aladdin has announced the theft of the golden Kannon Bodhisattva statue. Despite stringent security measures, the thief ap...
2.Man-Eating Moths
22-09-1968A human figure melting into scales falling from swarming moths—. Blastomyces, once rampant in the American West, is detected from the skeletal remains of a decomposed body. Misawa...
3.White Face
29-09-1968Junoko Mizukami, an office lady, has a father who was a physicist and a world-renowned authority on lasers, but he suffered facial burns in an accident and concealed his face, lead...
4.Fearful Phone Calls
06-10-1968One night, a call came to the Takiguchi household. Reiko answered the phone for her father, but in an instant, her father's body burst into flames, turning into a charred corpse! L...
5.The Grim Reaper's Lullaby
13-10-1968On a deserted night road, a black figure aims a gun at a woman fleeing from pursuers. A flash emanates from the gun, and the woman's body becomes frozen solid! Radioactivity is det...
6.Vampire Hell
20-10-1968Nina, presumed dead in a car accident, resurrects as a hideous-faced vampire. Nina wanders the streets at night in search of prey. Attacking a patrolling police officer, she drinks...
7.The Woman With Blue Blood
27-10-1968Misawa, who had been rekindling his old friendship with his longtime friend Onijima at his house, ended up staying the night there. However, someone attacked him while he was in be...
8.The Shining Street Killer
03-11-1968Housing Authority employee Yoko was escorted home by her superior, Shimizu, and returned to her apartment. Shimizu persistently inquired about their missing colleague, Yamamoto, wh...
9.The Strolling Head
10-11-1968While on a tour, a couple witnesses the phenomenon of a "strolling head" at the mountain pass. Terrified, the man on the motorcycle, fearing for his life, swerves off the road and...
10.Radio Waves Summoning Death
17-11-1968Looking forward to watching a boxing match on TV, Muraki turned on the television. Suddenly, the channel changed automatically, and a beam emitted from the gun of a man projected o...
11.The Jaguar's Eyes Are Red
24-11-1968Taro and Kenji, brothers, put on sunglasses handed to them by a person dressed as Ultraseven after a baseball game. Before their eyes, the view of the Grand Canyon unfolds, but whe...
12.Fairy Tale of Fog
01-12-1968A young man, pursued by a fallen warrior from the Warring States period, falls from a cliff and sustains serious injuries. Misawa, visiting the village of Onimura for an investigat...
13.Gallows of Ice
08-12-1968There was a man who woke up in an old, deserted building. Rising from the cultivation tank, he left the laboratory and encountered an old man whom he strangled to death. Furthermor...
14.Good Night
15-12-1968Yuki and Ryu were having a private party at a mountain hut in late autumn. However, when Yuki playfully threw a feather ornament, it accidentally pierced Ryu's chest, causing his d...
15.24th Year of Revenge
22-12-1968Late at night in Yokosuka Port. American soldier Joe is suddenly dragged into the sea and drowned by someone who emerges from the water. Along with Chieko, who was at the scene, Ma...
16.Kamaitachi
29-12-1968A woman feels someone's presence behind her after getting off the train. Suddenly, accompanied by a roaring sound, a gust of wind attacks her, tearing her body apart. Later, a seco...
17.Episode 17
05-01-1969
18.Episode 18
12-01-1969
19.Episode 19
19-01-1969
20.Episode 20
26-01-1969
21.Episode 21
02-02-1969
22.Episode 22
09-02-1969
23.Episode 23
16-02-1969
24.Episode 24
23-02-1969
25.Episode 25
02-03-1969
26.Episode 26
09-03-1969
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