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Endlich scheint man Tokura, der mit Rauschgift handelt und einen Prostituierten-Ring betreibt, den Prozess machen zu können: Mary Travers, eine seiner Buchhalterinnen, hat sich den Behörden als Kronzeugin zur Verfügung gestellt. Mary Travers wird rund um die Uhr bewacht. Doch niemand hat damit gerechnet, dass auf Tokura ein Anschlag verübt wird. Mitten im Gerichtssaal wird auf ihn geschossen. (Text: Kabel 1)
Deutsche TV-PremiereDo 02.05.1991PRO 7
Original-TV-PremiereDo 17.10.1968CBS
Original air date: 10/17/68
Someone in the Five-O production office must have remembered Ricardo Montalban playing Nakamura, a Japanese kabuki actor in the film Sayonara, since he appears in this episode as Leonard Tokura, "head of organized crime in Hawaii" responsible for "narcotics, gambling, prostitution, book," in a performance which charitably could be described as unreal. This was the first Five-O show produced, but fortunately not the first one shown. This no doubt accounts for the word "Hawaii" flashed during the teaser. What is even more annoying than Montalban, though, is the continued misuse of the word "bushido," which the dictionary defines as "a feudal-military Japanese code of chivalry valuing honor above life." McGarrett keeps using the word "bushido" referring to a person or persons. He refers correctly to the "code of bushido" once, but then shows Tokura a knife, commenting "it makes it easier for a bushido to gut himself when he fails on a mission." Other misapplied remarks include "I'm about to order a medal for the next bushido who comes to chop you down," "Why does the bushido want you dead?", and "The bushido put him on their death list." Even Chin Ho gets into the act saying "Bushido... what about him?" During the opening courtroom scene, Attorney General Walter Stewart (Morgan White) refers to Tokura as "Tokuru" a couple of times, then continues with the correct punctuation. Danno gets taken to task by McGarrett in a major way for failing to prevent Tokura from knocking off a protected witness. Danno exclaims, "I blew it!" But McGarrett is kind of dumb himself ... why doesn't he compare the fingerprints from the supposedly dead Tokura with the ones he sends to Japan? The Governor's secretary, Milly (Peggy Ryan), later became McGarrett's receptionist, Jenny. McGarrett's current receptionist, May (Maggi Parker), addresses him as "Mr. McGarrett." Tokura, when discussing his past with McGarrett, recalls "after Pearl Harbour you were a 'Jap'." In McGarrett's office during the investigation, Kono incongruously discusses trying to teach a woman the hula -- presumably for some local colour. McGarrett fingers his guitar which is on his desk. During an investigation of Tokura there is reference to a past date of April 7, 1967. Tokura meets his daughter Deedee (Carolyn Barrett) in a movie theatre which has a poster for "Revenge of the Pearl Divers" in the lobby. During their ensuing conversation, he suggests that she book a flight overseas under the name of "Goro", which is more likely to be a Japanese first, rather than last, name. The music during the movie in the theatre is extremely banal. At the end, McGarrett tells Tokura "Aloha, baby."
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