Columbo of Shinano - Dead Person's Echo
2013The 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!
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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
Ken Shonozaki
as Katsuragi Makoto
Saori Takizawa
as Hamano Rie
Sō Yamanaka
as Nomoto Toshio
Ryoko Yui
as Kimie