Furuhata Ninzaburo
(1994)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 4
Final Dance
Episode 3 - 1-05-2006
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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A Fair Murder
Episode 2 - 1-04-2006
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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The Resurrection of Death
Episode 1 - 1-03-2006
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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Season 3
The Train Hijacking Murder: Part 2
Episode 11 - 6-22-1999
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The Train Hijacking Murder: Part 1
Episode 10 - 6-15-1999
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The Airplane Murder
Episode 9 - 6-08-1999
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The Scientist Murder
Episode 8 - 6-01-1999
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The Housewife Murder
Episode 7 - 5-25-1999
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The Conductor Murder
Episode 6 - 5-18-1999
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The Yoko-chin Anzai Incident
Episode 5 - 5-11-1999
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The Dentist Murder
Episode 4 - 5-04-1999
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The Murder in a Small Village
Episode 3 - 4-27-1999
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The Hotel Murder
Episode 2 - 4-20-1999
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The Rakugo Murder
Episode 1 - 4-13-1999
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Season 2
What Happened in New York
Episode 10 - 3-13-1996
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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The Wrong Man
Episode 9 - 3-06-1996
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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Magician's Choice
Episode 8 - 2-28-1996
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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Appraisal: Murder
Episode 7 - 2-21-1996
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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Furuhata Ninzaburô vs. the Quiz King
Episode 6 - 2-14-1996
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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Reward for Hypocrisy
Episode 5 - 2-07-1996
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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Red or Blue
Episode 4 - 1-31-1996
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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Master of the Game
Episode 3 - 1-24-1996
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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The Woman Who Doesn't Smile
Episode 2 - 1-17-1996
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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The Man Who Talks Too Much
Episode 1 - 1-10-1996
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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Season 1
The Final Greeting
Episode 12 - 6-29-1994
2h 1m
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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Sayonara DJ
Episode 11 - 6-22-1994
46m
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 Contradictory Corpse
Episode 10 - 6-15-1994
46m
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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Broadcast Murder
Episode 9 - 6-08-1994
46m
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.
8/10Haven't Seen
Murder Express
Episode 8 - 6-01-1994
46m
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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Rehearsal for Murder
Episode 7 - 5-25-1994
46m
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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The Piano Lesson
Episode 6 - 5-18-1994
46m
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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The Dirty King
Episode 5 - 5-11-1994
46m
Shogi 8-dan Yonezawa is no match for Furuhata Ninzaburo after murdering the overseer at the Ryujin Tournament.
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The Killing Fax
Episode 4 - 5-04-1994
46m
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 Laughing Corpse
Episode 3 - 4-27-1994
46m
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 Moving Corpse
Episode 2 - 4-20-1994
46m
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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Message from the Dead
Episode 1 - 4-13-1994
57m
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 Dirty King
Episode 5 - 5-11-1994
46m
Shogi 8-dan Yonezawa is no match for Furuhata Ninzaburo after murdering the overseer at the Ryujin Tournament.
9/10Haven't Seen
The Laughing Corpse
Episode 3 - 4-27-1994
46m
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 Final Greeting
Episode 12 - 6-29-1994
2h 1m
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.
8.2/10Haven't Seen
Broadcast Murder
Episode 9 - 6-08-1994
46m
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.
8/10Haven't Seen
The Contradictory Corpse
Episode 10 - 6-15-1994
46m
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.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
