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First Aired: April 13rd, 1994

Status: Ended

Network: Fuji TV

Summary: 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 2

Episode 1: The Man Who Talks Too Much

Air Date: January 10th, 1996

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

Episode 2: The Woman Who Doesn't Smile

Air Date: January 17th, 1996

Summary: 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.

Episode 3: Master of the Game

Air Date: January 24th, 1996

Summary: 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.

Episode 4: Red or Blue

Air Date: January 31st, 1996

Summary: 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.

Episode 5: Reward for Hypocrisy

Air Date: February 7th, 1996

Summary: 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.

Episode 6: Furuhata Ninzaburô vs. the Quiz King

Air Date: February 14th, 1996

Summary: 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.

Episode 7: Appraisal: Murder

Air Date: February 21st, 1996

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

Episode 8: Magician's Choice

Air Date: February 28th, 1996

Summary: 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.

Episode 9: The Wrong Man

Air Date: March 6th, 1996

Summary: 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.

Episode 10: What Happened in New York

Air Date: March 13rd, 1996

Summary: 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.

Episode 11: Episode 11

Air Date: March 27th, 1996

Episode 12: Episode 12

Air Date: March 13rd, 1996

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