Furuhata Ninzaburo(1994)
DramaCrime
First Air Date: 1994-04-13
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 8.8
Votes: 25
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 36
Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as the Japanese version of Columbo. The series is a police detective drama starring actor Masakazu Tamura as Furuhata Ninzaburo and Masahiko Nishimura as his stereotypically bumbling sidekick, Shintaro Imaizumi. The program aired weekly and featured a guest villain each time, usually a famous talent in Japan. Pop-stars like SMAP, television hosts like Sanma Akashiya and even sports figures like Ichiro Suzuki have been featured on this program. It was one of the most popular television dramas in the history of Japanese television, having spawned several seasons and TV specials.
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Season 1
Episodes: 12E01
Message from the Dead
Air Date: 1994-04-13
On a dark and stormy night, Chinami kills her business partner in her remote manor house in the hills. Then the doorb...
E02
The Moving Corpse
Air Date: 1994-04-20
After killing a woman in a hit and run, a famous Kabuki actor decides to kill the only witness, a theatre security gu...
E03
The Laughing Corpse
Air Date: 1994-04-27
Furuhata is called to a scene where a woman has just killed a burglar but a chicken in the oven and a cigarette in th...
E04
The Killing Fax
Air Date: 1994-05-04
An action-packed night is in store for the police department after a famous writer's wife is kidnapped and he is task...
E05
The Dirty King
Air Date: 1994-05-11
Shogi 8-dan Yonezawa is no match for Furuhata Ninzaburo after murdering the overseer at the Ryujin Tournament.
E06
The Piano Lesson
Air Date: 1994-05-18
Furuhata Ninzaburô gets involved in the drama surrounding an elite musical academy when he begins suspecting a fierce...
E07
Rehearsal for Murder
Air Date: 1994-05-25
During a rehearsal, a beloved samurai movie star kills the despised studio executive. Was it an accident or murder? F...
E08
Murder Express
Air Date: 1994-06-01
A trip should be enjoyable but Dr Nakagawa's trip was ruined when he realized he was being tailed by his wife's priva...
E09
Broadcast Murder
Air Date: 1994-06-08
During a live broadcast, a TV psychic desperately in need of validation pretends to find a corpse of a man he himself...
E10
The Contradictory Corpse
Air Date: 1994-06-15
A politician's secretary murders his boss and the boss' mistress staging the scene to look like a murder-suicide. How...
E11
Sayonara DJ
Air Date: 1994-06-22
Furuhata and Shintaro are assigned to bodyguard a radio DJ who's been receiving threatening messages. However, the DJ...
E12
The Final Greeting
Air Date: 1994-06-29
What happens when the killer you are hunting is your superior? Furuhata is about to find out after he begins suspecti...
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