Furuhata Ninzaburo (1994)
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Masahiko Nishimura as Shintaro Imaizumi
Episodes 36
Message from the Dead
On a dark and stormy night, Chinami kills her business partner in her remote manor house in the hills. Then the doorbell rings. As luck would have it, it's none other than Inspector Furuhata seeking refuge from the rain.
Read MoreThe Moving Corpse
After killing a woman in a hit and run, a famous Kabuki actor decides to kill the only witness, a theatre security guard, and stage it to look like an accidental fall. Only Furuhata Ninazburo is not convinced.
Read MoreThe Laughing Corpse
Furuhata is called to a scene where a woman has just killed a burglar but a chicken in the oven and a cigarette in the bin make the wily inspector suspicious.
Read MoreThe Killing Fax
An action-packed night is in store for the police department after a famous writer's wife is kidnapped and he is tasked with delivering the money by the fax-using kidnapper. However, a grammatical question niggles at Furuhata.
Read MoreThe Dirty King
Shogi 8-dan Yonezawa is no match for Furuhata Ninzaburo after murdering the overseer at the Ryujin Tournament.
Read MoreThe Piano Lesson
Furuhata Ninzaburô gets involved in the drama surrounding an elite musical academy when he begins suspecting a fierce piano teacher of murdering the school's headmaster.
Read MoreRehearsal for Murder
During a rehearsal, a beloved samurai movie star kills the despised studio executive. Was it an accident or murder? Furuhata Ninzaburo investigates.
Read MoreMurder Express
A trip should be enjoyable but Dr Nakagawa's trip was ruined when he realized he was being tailed by his wife's private eye. He decides to kill the nosy gumshoe on the train home but unfortunately for him, Furuhata Ninzaburo is on board.
Read MoreBroadcast Murder
During a live broadcast, a TV psychic desperately in need of validation pretends to find a corpse of a man he himself had killed earlier. The only person in the audience not convinced is Inspector Furuhata.
Read MoreThe Contradictory Corpse
A politician's secretary murders his boss and the boss' mistress staging the scene to look like a murder-suicide. However, one of his victims survives and is taken to the hospital for recovery.
Read MoreSayonara DJ
Furuhata and Shintaro are assigned to bodyguard a radio DJ who's been receiving threatening messages. However, the DJ turns out to be the killer with a devious plan and a watertight alibi.
Read MoreThe Final Greeting
What happens when the killer you are hunting is your superior? Furuhata is about to find out after he begins suspecting the legendary Superintendent Kogure of murdering the man who killed his daughter.
Read MoreThe Laughing Kangaroo
A love triangle turns deadly during an awards ceremony in Australia. Unfortunately for the killers, however, Furuhata and Shintaro are on a well-deserved holiday in the same hotel.
Read MoreEpisode 11
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The Man Who Talks Too Much
A successful lawyer kills his mistress and frames Shintaro Imaizumi for the murder. When the lawyer convinces Shintaro to plead guilty, Furuhata becomes suspicious.
Read MoreEpisode 12
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The Woman Who Doesn't Smile
A hated, strict headmistress of an all-girls priory school murders a liberal teacher beloved by all the students. In order to catch her, Furuhata will have to play by her rules.
Read MoreEpisode 13
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Master of the Game
A devious doctor manipulates a mystery writer into staging his own murder to look like a suicide. The doctor is surprisingly good at all kinds of games (darts, pool, chess etc.) but he is no match for Furuhata when it comes to mind games.
Read MoreEpisode 14
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Red or Blue
Shintaro is trapped on a Ferris wheel with a bomb on board and if the amusement park doesn't pay the bomber until noon, it will go off. His only other hope is a young explosives expert whom Furuhata suspects is the bomber.
Read MoreEpisode 15
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Reward for Hypocrisy
Furuhata's favorite screenwriter murders her domineering sister with an unknown murder weapon. In order to find the weapon and prove her guilt, Furuhata makes Shintaro become the old woman's servant.
Read MoreEpisode 16
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Furuhata Ninzaburô vs. the Quiz King
While competing on a TV game show, Furuhata investigates the murder of a costumer found dead in a locked room. He begins suspecting that the killer is none other than the undefeated quiz show champion.
Read MoreEpisode 17
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Appraisal: Murder
A scheming antique dealer murders an old potter who was blackmailing him but his accomplice's thoughtless actions jeopardize his plan.
Read MoreEpisode 18
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Magician's Choice
A highly respected magician falls in love with his much younger assistant and murders her boyfriend in front of a captive audience which just so happens to include Furuhata and Shintaro.
Read MoreEpisode 19
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The Wrong Man
A magazine editor concocts and executes the perfect murder in the snowy hills around Tokyo only to then encounter an acquaintance. He kills him too but his streak of bad luck has only just begun.
Read MoreEpisode 20
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What Happened in New York
During a long bus trip to New York, a Japanese woman sitting next to Furuhata challenges him to a game. She will tell him about the perfect murder she committed and see if he is able to figure out how she got away.
Read MoreA Brief Parting
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Episode 21
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The Disappearance of Furuhata Ninzaburo
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Furuhata Ninzaburo vs SMAP
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Dr. Kuroiwa's Fear
Furuhata comes out of retirement to investigate a series of bizarre serial killings which would look like deaths by natural causes except for the notes found inside the victims' anuses.
Read MoreThe Rakugo Murder
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The Hotel Murder
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The Murder in a Small Village
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The Dentist Murder
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The Yoko-chin Anzai Incident
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The Conductor Murder
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The Housewife Murder
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The Scientist Murder
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The Airplane Murder
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The Train Hijacking Murder: Part 1
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The Train Hijacking Murder: Part 2
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All By His Excellency's Hand
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Episode 22
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Furuhata Ninzaburo Final: And Now, Death is Resurrected
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The Resurrection of Death
Furuhata investigates a series of bizarre, seemingly random accidental deaths. He zeroes in on the suspected murderer, but loses faith in his instincts when the suspect is himself killed. However, in the end, he ends up solving three murders and catching the real suspect.
Read MoreFuruhata Ninzaburo Final: A Fair Murderer
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A Fair Murder
Ichiro Suzuki plays a fictional version of himself. Mukojima appears in this episode, revealing that he is Ichiro's older brother.
Read MoreFuruhata Ninzaburo Final: Last Dance
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Final Dance
The very last Furuhata episode with Tamura Masakazu as the lead. Nanako Matsushima plays a dual role (as twin sisters). Fumio Kohinata returns to the series, playing a different character. The character of the TV producer in this special is the same producer character of the Quiz Show in Episode 19.
Read MoreYoung Furuhata Special
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Episode 23
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