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Columbo of Shinano - Dead Person's Echo (2013)
Directed by Yuji Nakamae
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!
Length 114 minutes
Actors
Yasufumi Terawaki | Yumi Asô | Katsunori Takahashi | Masahiko Nishimura | Hatsunori Hasegawa | Miho Miyazawa | Toshifumi Muramatsu | Youichi Nukumizu | Shigemitsu Ogi | Kyusaku Shimada | Ken Shonozaki | Saori Takizawa | Sô Yamanaka | Ryoko Yui