Columbo of Shinano - Dead Person's Echo

October. 17,2013      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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!

Yasufumi Terawaki as  Iwao Takemura
Yumi Asô as  Yoko Takemura
Katsunori Takahashi as  Kazuo Abe
Masahiko Nishimura as  Shuji Ohmori
Hatsunori Hasegawa as  Fukushima Taichirou
Miho Miyazawa as  Nomoto Mitsuko
Toshifumi Muramatsu as  Tozawa Nobuo
Yoichi Nukumizu as  Maruyama Ryousuke
Shigemitsu Ogi as  Sawafuji Eizou
Kyūsaku Shimada as  Arai Takashi

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