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Columbo of Shinano - Dead Person's Echo (2013)

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!

  • Crime
  • Mystery
  • TV Movie

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Yasufumi TerawakiYasufumi TerawakiIwao Takemura
  • Photo of Yumi AsoYumi AsoYoko Takemura
  • Photo of Katsunori TakahashiKatsunori TakahashiKazuo Abe
  • Photo of Masahiko NishimuraMasahiko NishimuraShuji Ohmori
  • Photo of Hatsunori HasegawaHatsunori HasegawaFukushima Taichirou
  • Photo of Miho MiyazawaMiho MiyazawaNomoto Mitsuko
  • Photo of Toshifumi MuramatsuToshifumi MuramatsuTozawa Nobuo
  • Photo of Yoichi NukumizuYoichi NukumizuMaruyama Ryousuke
  • Photo of Shigemitsu OgiShigemitsu OgiSawafuji Eizou
  • Photo of Kyūsaku ShimadaKyūsaku ShimadaArai Takashi

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