Episode 1: The Laughing Kangaroo
1995-04-1260 min
A love triangle turns deadly during an awards ceremony in Australia. Unfortunately for the killers, however, Furuhata and Shintaro are on a well-deserved holiday in the same hotel.
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Furuhata Ninzaburo Specials — Episodes and Where to Watch
10 episodes · first aired 1995-04-12
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Episode 2: A Brief Parting
1996-03-2760 min
The head of a flower arrangement clan murders her overbearing teacher and rival during a flamenco recital. The one thing Furuhata, who was in the audience, can't quite figure out is how the killer found her victim in the dark auditorium.
Episode 3: The Disappearance of Furuhata Ninzaburo
1996-04-0960 min
Famous detective Furuhata Ninzaburo has disappeared, so a TV crew decide to make a documentary about his career interviewing his associates and the killers he caught.
Episode 4: Furuhata Ninzaburo vs SMAP
1999-01-0360 min
Furuhata is called in to investigate a murder committed by the well-known Japanese boy band SMAP.
Episode 5: Dr. Kuroiwa's Fear
1999-04-06108 min
Furuhata comes out of retirement to investigate a series of bizarre serial killings which would look like deaths by natural causes except for the notes found inside the victims' anuses.
Episode 6: All By His Excellency's Hand
2004-01-0360 min
An employee at a Japanese embassy in a South American country is kidnapped but Furuhata, who is there on holiday, begins suspecting that the man was killed by none other than the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary himself.
Episode 7: Furuhata Ninzaburo Final: And Now, Death is Resurrected
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.
Episode 8: Furuhata Ninzaburo Final: A Fair Murderer
Ichiro Suzuki, a baseball player obsessed with fair play, murders a man who was blackmailing his brother who is none other than Furuhata's faithful friend Mukojima.
Episode 9: Furuhata Ninzaburo Final: Last Dance
Kyoko Kagami is a pen name for a pair of twin writers. After one sister kills the other, their technical advisor Furuhata investigates. His investigation is complicated by his feelings for the surviving sister.
Episode 10: Young Furuhata Special
Young Furuhata, a 3rd-year junior high student from Tokyo, transferred to a school in the countryside due to family circumstances. He doesn't fit in at first, but he eventually gains a reputation as a detective and opens his own detective agency. One day, he hears about the town's legend of buried treasure, and he immediately begins unraveling the mystery.
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