Furuhata Ninzaburo (1994) is a drama, crime web series in Japanese. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Furuhata Ninzaburo online in HD.
Furuhata Ninzaburo — Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
- Created by: Koki Mitani
- Starring: Masakazu Tamura, Masahiko Nishimura, Takashi Kobayashi, Masanori Ishii
Furuhata Ninzaburo — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1994-04-13 |
| Seasons | 4 |
| Episodes | 36 |
| Genre | Drama, Crime |
| Language | Japanese |
| Network | Fuji TV |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 8.8/10 (25 votes) |
Furuhata Ninzaburo — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Message from the Dead (1994-04-13) — 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 Inspecto
- E2: The Moving Corpse (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 guard, and stage it to look like an accidental fall. Only Furuhat
- E3: The Laughing Corpse (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 the bin make the wily inspector suspicious.
- E4: The Killing Fax (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 tasked with delivering the money by the fax-using kidnapper. Howeve
- E5: The Dirty King (1994-05-11) — Shogi 8-dan Yonezawa is no match for Furuhata Ninzaburo after murdering the overseer at the Ryujin Tournament.
- E6: The Piano Lesson (1994-05-18) — 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.
- E7: Rehearsal for Murder (1994-05-25) — During a rehearsal, a beloved samurai movie star kills the despised studio executive. Was it an accident or murder? Furuhata Ninzaburo investigates.
- E8: Murder Express (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 private eye. He decides to kill the nosy gumshoe on the train home b
- E9: Broadcast Murder (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 had killed earlier. The only person in the audience not convin
- E10: The Contradictory Corpse (1994-06-15) — 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
- E11: Sayonara DJ (1994-06-22) — 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 watertigh
- E12: The Final Greeting (1994-06-29) — 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
Season 2
- E1: The Man Who Talks Too Much (1996-01-10) — A successful lawyer kills his mistress and frames Shintaro Imaizumi for the murder. When the lawyer convinces Shintaro to plead guilty, Furuhata becomes suspicious.
- E2: The Woman Who Doesn't Smile (1996-01-17) — 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.
- E3: Master of the Game (1996-01-24) — 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.) bu
- E4: Red or Blue (1996-01-31) — 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 ex
- E5: Reward for Hypocrisy (1996-02-07) — 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 o
- E6: Furuhata Ninzaburô vs. the Quiz King (1996-02-14) — 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 undefeate
- E7: Appraisal: Murder (1996-02-21) — A scheming antique dealer murders an old potter who was blackmailing him but his accomplice's thoughtless actions jeopardize his plan.
- E8: Magician's Choice (1996-02-28) — 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 Shi
- E9: The Wrong Man (1996-03-06) — 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 o
- E10: What Happened in New York (1996-03-13) — 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 ab
Season 3
- E1: The Rakugo Murder (1999-04-13) — A rakugo comedian kills a fellow student and makes it look like a suicide by faking two alibis. Both take each other's places at different points of the day, leaving a complicated
- E2: The Hotel Murder (1999-04-20) — A perpetually busy media director murders a politician in his hotel room while engaging in a phone call he would later use as his alibi. His meticulously planned schedule soon meet
- E3: The Murder in a Small Village (1999-04-27) — Furuhata catches a cold and stops in a small village to recover with his colleagues, getting caught up in the entire community's attempt to cover up a murder.
- E4: The Dentist Murder (1999-05-04) — A dentist murders her ex-boyfriend and attempts to use Furuhata as his alibi, tricking him and another witness into thinking she was cleaning his teeth at the time of the crime.
- E5: The Yoko-chin Anzai Incident (1999-05-11) — Furuhata receives a mysterious invitation to an old friend's house. Beginning to suspect his friend plans to murder his cheating wife, Furuhata realizes this may be his chance to p
- E6: The Conductor Murder (1999-05-18) — A conductor murders a violist he was having an affair with an seeks to frame her new boyfriend. Strangely, he also kills all of the victim's fish, which Furuhata used to deduce the
- E7: The Housewife Murder (1999-05-25) — A presenter of a Go-based TV program kills her manipulative husband who wanted her to remain a housewife forever. The behavior of their cat proves to be a clue to the crime.
- E8: The Scientist Murder (1999-06-01) — A wheelchair-bound scientist kills his colleague and old friend using a deadly gift and some well-timed phone calls. Saionji quickly suspects the scientist's ex-girlfriend of the c
- E9: The Airplane Murder (1999-06-08) — An archaeologist's affair partner accidentally dies during a fight in an airplane bathroom and flees, desperate to hide his secret from his wife. While covering up the crime, he's
- E10: The Train Hijacking Murder: Part 1 (1999-06-15) — A shady group kills a young man but fails to recover the bag he stole. To get it back from a subway lost and found, they hack into its control room and stage a train hijacking. Fur
- E11: The Train Hijacking Murder: Part 2 (1999-06-22) — Furuhata leaves the station with the suspect, intent on dropping off the ransom money. How will he prove the culprits true identity, and what is his opponent planning?
Season 4
- E1: The Resurrection of Death (2006-01-03) — 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
- E2: A Fair Murder (2006-01-04) — Ichiro Suzuki, a baseball player obsessed with fair play, murders a man who was blackmailing his brother who is none other than Furuhata's faithful friend Mukojima.
- E3: Final Dance (2006-01-05) — Kyoko Kagami is a pen name for a pair of twin writers. After one sister kills the other, their technical advisor Furuhata investigates. His investigation is complicated by his feel
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Furuhata Ninzaburo have? 4 season(s) with 36 episodes.
Who created Furuhata Ninzaburo? Koki Mitani.
Where can I watch Furuhata Ninzaburo? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
