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Ohara
Pat Morita as Ohara
Format	Police Procedural
Created by	Michael Braveman John A. Kuri Pat Morita
Starring	Pat Morita Kevin Conroy Jon Polito Rachel Ticotin
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	30
Production
Running time	60 mins per episode
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	January 17, 1987 – May 7, 1988
External links
IMDb profile

Ohara was an American television police drama series that first aired on the ABC television network from January 17, 1987, until May 7, 1988, starring Pat Morita in the title role of Lt. Ohara. Morita also co-created the series along with Michael Braveman and John A. Kuri. Kevin Conroy, Jon Polito, Rachel Ticotin, and Robert Clohessy also starred in supporting roles. It was notable for being one of the first television series to have a Japanese-American actor in the leading role. However it proved to be unsuccessful and only lasted for two seasons ending after 30 episodes on May 7, 1988. The series has as of 2007 not been released on VHS or DVD.

The series focused on a Los Angeles-based Japanese American police lieutenant (played by Pat Morita) who uses spiritual methods such as meditation to solve crimes without the use of a gun or a partner although he would use martial arts if necessary. He often talked in the form of epigrams.

• Pat Morita .... Lt. Ohara
• Kevin Conroy .... Capt. Lloyd Hamilton
• Jon Polito .... Capt. Ross
• Madge Sinclair .... Gussie Lemmons
• Catherine Keener .... Lt. Cricket Sideris
• Robert Clohessy .... Lt. George Shaver
• Rachel Ticotin .... Asst. U.S. Atty. Teresa Storm
• Meagen Fay .... Roxy

• Brandon Lee appeared in the Season 2 episode "What's in a Name" which first aired on January 23, 1988 as Kenji, the evil son of a yakuza godfather. This was Lee's only role as a villain.
• Other guest stars included Nana Visitor, Mitch Pileggi and Benicio del Toro.

• "Pilot" (January 17, 1987)
• "Eddie" (January 24, 1987)
• "Darryl" {January 31, 1987)
• "Will" (February 7, 1987)
• "Toshi" (February 14, 1987)
• "Terry" (February 21, 1987)
• "Louie" (February 28, 1987)
• "Laura" (March 7, 1987)
• "Jesse" (March 14, 1987)
• "Frannie" (March 28, 1987)
• "Brian" (April 4, 1987)

• "Y' Wanna Live Forever?" (October 3, 1987)
• "Artful Dodger" (October 10, 1987)
• "Sparrow" (October 24, 1987)
• "Fagin All Over Again" (November 7, 1987)
• "Take the Money and Run" (November 14, 1987)
• "The Intruders" (November 21, 1987)
• "Hot Rocks" (December 5, 1987)
• "And a Child Shall Lead Them" (December 12, 1987)
• "Silver In The Hills" (December 19, 1987)
• "They shoot Witnesses Don't They" (January 2, 1988)
• "You Bet Your Life" (January 16, 1988)
• "What's is a Name?" (January 23, 1988)
• "Sign Of the Times" (January 30, 1988)
• "The Light Around the Body" (February 6, 1988)
• "X" (March 5, 1988)
• "Last Year's Model" (March 12, 1988)
• "Open Season" March 26, 1988)
• "Seeing Something That Isn't There" (April 30, 1988)
• "Hot Spell" (May 7, 1988)

The first season's episodes were titled according to the name of a character who appeared in the episode. The second season's episodes had titles in the form of short statements or catchphrases.

After a few episodes, the ABC network realized the series had poor ratings and the series was not attracting the audience they had expected. They put it through many format changes to increase the ratings. The first major format change was to change title character Ohara from a lieutenant to a federal police officer; he was also paired with a partner. Later on in the season Ohara used a gun to assist him in his investigations. The second season had a final format change in which Ohara and his partner were turned into private investigators. Eventually, these changes failed to improve the show's declining ratings and the show was cancelled after the second season.

• Ohara (TV series) at the Internet Movie Database
• Review of Ohara at Thrilling Detective.com
• Ohara Episode list and Summary on TV.com