List of episodes of the series «Furuhata Ninzaburo»

  • Seasons count: 4
  • Episodes count: 36
  • Total viewing time: 1 d. 21 h. 19 m.
Message from the Dead
Release date: 4/13/1994

Message from the Dead

  • User score: 8.3
  • Episode number: 1
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Moving Corpse
Release date: 4/20/1994

The Moving Corpse

  • User score: 9
  • Episode number: 2
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Laughing Corpse
Release date: 4/27/1994

The Laughing Corpse

  • User score: 9
  • Episode number: 3
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Killing Fax
Release date: 5/4/1994

The Killing Fax

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 4
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Dirty King
Release date: 5/11/1994

The Dirty King

  • User score: 9
  • Episode number: 5
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    Shogi 8-dan Yonezawa is no match for Furuhata Ninzaburo after murdering the overseer at the Ryujin Tournament.
The Piano Lesson
Release date: 5/18/1994

The Piano Lesson

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 6
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Rehearsal for Murder
Release date: 5/25/1994

Rehearsal for Murder

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 7
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    During a rehearsal, a beloved samurai movie star kills the despised studio executive. Was it an accident or murder? Furuhata Ninzaburo investigates.
Murder Express
Release date: 6/1/1994

Murder Express

  • User score: 9
  • Episode number: 8
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Broadcast Murder
Release date: 6/8/1994

Broadcast Murder

  • User score: 9
  • Episode number: 9
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Contradictory Corpse
Release date: 6/15/1994

The Contradictory Corpse

  • User score: 9
  • Episode number: 10
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Sayonara DJ
Release date: 6/22/1994

Sayonara DJ

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 11
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Final Greeting
Release date: 6/29/1994

The Final Greeting

  • User score: 9
  • Episode number: 12
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.