Masakazu Tamura as Ninzaburo Furuhata

Episodes 36

Message from the Dead

83%
April 13, 19941h
1x1

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.

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The Moving Corpse

90%
April 20, 19941h
1x2

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.

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The Laughing Corpse

90%
April 27, 19941h
1x3

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.

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The Killing Fax

100%
May 4, 19941h
1x4

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.

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The Dirty King

90%
May 11, 19941h
1x5

Shogi 8-dan Yonezawa is no match for Furuhata Ninzaburo after murdering the overseer at the Ryujin Tournament.

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The Piano Lesson

100%
May 18, 19941h
1x6

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.

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Rehearsal for Murder

100%
May 25, 19941h
1x7

During a rehearsal, a beloved samurai movie star kills the despised studio executive. Was it an accident or murder? Furuhata Ninzaburo investigates.

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Murder Express

90%
June 1, 19941h
1x8

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.

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Broadcast Murder

90%
June 8, 19941h
1x9

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.

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The Contradictory Corpse

90%
June 15, 19941h
1x10

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.

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Sayonara DJ

100%
June 22, 19941h
1x11

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.

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The Final Greeting

90%
Season Finale
June 29, 19941h
1x12

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.

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The Laughing Kangaroo

0%
April 12, 19951h
0x1

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.

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Episode 11

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January 10, 19961h
0x11

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The Man Who Talks Too Much

90%
January 10, 19961h
2x1

A successful lawyer kills his mistress and frames Shintaro Imaizumi for the murder. When the lawyer convinces Shintaro to plead guilty, Furuhata becomes suspicious.

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Episode 12

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January 17, 19961h
0x12

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The Woman Who Doesn't Smile

100%
January 17, 19961h
2x2

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.

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Episode 13

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January 24, 19961h
0x13

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Master of the Game

90%
January 24, 19961h
2x3

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.

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Episode 14

0%
January 31, 19961h
0x14

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Red or Blue

90%
January 31, 19961h
2x4

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.

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Episode 15

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February 7, 19961h
0x15

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Reward for Hypocrisy

90%
February 7, 19961h
2x5

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.

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Episode 16

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February 14, 19961h
0x16

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Furuhata Ninzaburô vs. the Quiz King

100%
February 14, 19961h
2x6

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.

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Episode 17

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February 21, 19961h
0x17

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Appraisal: Murder

90%
February 21, 19961h
2x7

A scheming antique dealer murders an old potter who was blackmailing him but his accomplice's thoughtless actions jeopardize his plan.

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Episode 18

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February 28, 19961h
0x18

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Magician's Choice

100%
February 28, 19961h
2x8

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.

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Episode 19

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March 6, 19961h
0x19

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The Wrong Man

100%
March 6, 19961h
2x9

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.

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Episode 20

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March 13, 19961h
0x20

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What Happened in New York

100%
Season Finale
March 13, 19961h
2x10

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.

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A Brief Parting

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March 27, 19961h
0x2

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Episode 21

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March 27, 19961h
0x21

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The Disappearance of Furuhata Ninzaburo

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April 9, 19961h
0x3

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Furuhata Ninzaburo vs SMAP

80%
January 3, 19991h
0x4

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Dr. Kuroiwa's Fear

0%
April 6, 19991h 48m
0x5

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.

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The Rakugo Murder

90%
April 13, 19991h
3x1

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The Hotel Murder

90%
April 20, 19991h
3x2

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The Murder in a Small Village

90%
April 27, 19991h
3x3

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The Dentist Murder

100%
May 4, 19991h
3x4

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The Yoko-chin Anzai Incident

90%
May 11, 19991h
3x5

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The Conductor Murder

100%
May 18, 19991h
3x6

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The Housewife Murder

90%
May 25, 19991h
3x7

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The Scientist Murder

90%
June 1, 19991h
3x8

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The Airplane Murder

100%
June 8, 19991h
3x9

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The Train Hijacking Murder: Part 1

100%
June 15, 19991h
3x10

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The Train Hijacking Murder: Part 2

100%
Season Finale
June 22, 19991h
3x11

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All By His Excellency's Hand

0%
January 3, 20041h
0x6

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Episode 22

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January 3, 20041h
0x22

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The Resurrection of Death

0%
January 3, 2006
4x1

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.

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Furuhata Ninzaburo Final: A Fair Murderer

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January 4, 20061h
0x8

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A Fair Murder

0%
January 4, 20061h 31m
4x2

Ichiro Suzuki plays a fictional version of himself. Mukojima appears in this episode, revealing that he is Ichiro's older brother.

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Furuhata Ninzaburo Final: Last Dance

90%
January 5, 20061h
0x9

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Final Dance

0%
Season Finale
January 5, 2006
4x3

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.

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Young Furuhata Special

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June 14, 20081h
0x10

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Episode 23

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September 30, 201315m
0x23

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