Furuhata Ninzaburo
Furuhata Ninzaburo: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

April 13, 1994

Episodes

12 episodes

Furuhata Ninzaburo

Season 1

Episodes

Message from the Dead

1. Message from the Dead

8.3
April 13, 1994
60 min

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

2. The Moving Corpse

9.0
April 20, 1994
60 min

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

3. The Laughing Corpse

9.0
April 27, 1994
60 min

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

4. The Killing Fax

10.0
May 4, 1994
60 min

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

5. The Dirty King

9.0
May 11, 1994
60 min

Shogi 8-dan Yonezawa is no match for Furuhata Ninzaburo after murdering the overseer at the Ryujin Tournament.

The Piano Lesson

6. The Piano Lesson

10.0
May 18, 1994
60 min

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

7. Rehearsal for Murder

10.0
May 25, 1994
60 min

During a rehearsal, a beloved samurai movie star kills the despised studio executive. Was it an accident or murder? Furuhata Ninzaburo investigates.

Murder Express

8. Murder Express

9.0
June 1, 1994
60 min

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

9. Broadcast Murder

9.0
June 8, 1994
60 min

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

10. The Contradictory Corpse

9.0
June 15, 1994
60 min

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

11. Sayonara DJ

10.0
June 22, 1994
60 min

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

12. The Final Greeting

9.0
June 29, 1994
60 min

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.