Furuhata Ninzaburo

Season 1

12 episodes · Apr 13, 1994

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  • Message from the Dead
    S1E1

    Message from the Dead

    Apr 13, 199447m

    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
    S1E2

    The Moving Corpse

    Apr 20, 199447m

    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
    S1E3

    The Laughing Corpse

    Apr 27, 199460m

    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
    S1E4

    The Killing Fax

    May 4, 199460m

    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
    S1E5

    The Dirty King

    May 11, 199460m

    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
    S1E6

    The Piano Lesson

    May 18, 199460m

    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
    S1E7

    Rehearsal for Murder

    May 25, 199460m

    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
    S1E8

    Murder Express

    Jun 1, 199460m

    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
    S1E9

    Broadcast Murder

    Jun 8, 199460m

    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
    S1E10

    The Contradictory Corpse

    Jun 15, 199460m

    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
    S1E11

    Sayonara DJ

    Jun 22, 199460m

    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
    S1E12

    The Final Greeting

    Jun 29, 199460m

    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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