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Columbo of Shinano - Dead Person's Echo

  • 2013
  • 1h 54m

The first in a series of Japanese TV movies about a police detective who has adopted the dress and mannerisms of famous American TV detective Columbo, based on a series of novels by popular mystery author Yasuo Uchida. One day, Detective Takemura Iwao, also known as Shinano's Columbo, becomes the first person to discover a dismembered murder case. At first glance, the case appears to be a simple murder caused by a financial dispute between an uncle and nephew, but Takemura, who is suspicious of this view, pursues the culprit with a dogged investigation in order to unravel the criminal's meticulous plan!

Overview

The first in a series of Japanese TV movies about a police detective who has adopted the dress and mannerisms of famous American TV detective Columbo, based on a series of novels by popular mystery author Yasuo Uchida. One day, Detective Takemura Iwao, also known as Shinano's Columbo, becomes the first person to discover a dismembered murder case. At first glance, the case appears to be a simple murder caused by a financial dispute between an uncle and nephew, but Takemura, who is suspicious of this view, pursues the culprit with a dogged investigation in order to unravel the criminal's meticulous plan!

Cast

  • Yasufumi TerawakiIwao Takemura
  • Yumi AsoYoko Takemura
  • Katsunori TakahashiKazuo Abe
  • Masahiko NishimuraShuji Ohmori
  • Hatsunori HasegawaFukushima Taichirou
  • Miho MiyazawaNomoto Mitsuko
  • Toshifumi MuramatsuTozawa Nobuo
  • Yoichi NukumizuMaruyama Ryousuke

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