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The Worst Episodes of Furuhata Ninzaburo

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Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 4 Episode 3 - Final Dance
    6.4/10(20 votes)

    #1 - Final Dance

    S4:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 1 Episode 3 - The Laughing Corpse
    6.5/10(21 votes)

    #2 - The Laughing Corpse

    S1:E3

    Furuhata is called to a scene where a woman has just killed a burglar but a chicken in the oven and a cigarette in the bin make the wily inspector suspicious.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 2 Episode 3 - Master of the Game
    6.5/10(21 votes)

    #3 - Master of the Game

    S2:E3

    A devious doctor manipulates a mystery writer into staging his own murder to look like a suicide. The doctor is surprisingly good at all kinds of games (darts, pool, chess etc.) but he is no match for Furuhata when it comes to mind games.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 3 Episode 3 - The Murder in a Small Village
    6.5/10(21 votes)

    #4 - The Murder in a Small Village

    S3:E3

    Furuhata catches a cold and stops in a small village to recover with his colleagues, getting caught up in the entire community's attempt to cover up a murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 2 Episode 7 - Appraisal: Murder
    6.6/10(20 votes)

    #5 - Appraisal: Murder

    S2:E7

    A scheming antique dealer murders an old potter who was blackmailing him but his accomplice's thoughtless actions jeopardize his plan.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 3 Episode 7 - The Housewife Murder
    6.6/10(20 votes)

    #6 - The Housewife Murder

    S3:E7

    A presenter of a Go-based TV program kills her manipulative husband who wanted her to remain a housewife forever. The behavior of their cat proves to be a clue to the crime.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 1 Episode 7 - Rehearsal for Murder
    6.7/10(20 votes)

    #7 - Rehearsal for Murder

    S1:E7

    During a rehearsal, a beloved samurai movie star kills the despised studio executive. Was it an accident or murder? Furuhata Ninzaburo investigates.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 1 Episode 12 - The Final Greeting
    6.7/10(19 votes)

    #8 - The Final Greeting

    S1:E12

    What happens when the killer you are hunting is your superior? Furuhata is about to find out after he begins suspecting the legendary Superintendent Kogure of murdering the man who killed his daughter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 1 Episode 5 - The Dirty King
    7.3/10(21 votes)

    #9 - The Dirty King

    S1:E5

    Shogi 8-dan Yonezawa is no match for Furuhata Ninzaburo after murdering the overseer at the Ryujin Tournament.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 1 Episode 6 - The Piano Lesson
    7.3/10(21 votes)

    #10 - The Piano Lesson

    S1:E6

    Furuhata Ninzaburô gets involved in the drama surrounding an elite musical academy when he begins suspecting a fierce piano teacher of murdering the school's headmaster.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 1 Episode 8 - Murder Express
    7.3/10(19 votes)

    #11 - Murder Express

    S1:E8

    A trip should be enjoyable but Dr Nakagawa's trip was ruined when he realized he was being tailed by his wife's private eye. He decides to kill the nosy gumshoe on the train home but unfortunately for him, Furuhata Ninzaburo is on board.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 2 Episode 5 - Reward for Hypocrisy
    7.3/10(21 votes)

    #12 - Reward for Hypocrisy

    S2:E5

    Furuhata's favorite screenwriter murders her domineering sister with an unknown murder weapon. In order to find the weapon and prove her guilt, Furuhata makes Shintaro become the old woman's servant.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 2 Episode 6 - Furuhata Ninzaburô vs. the Quiz King
    7.3/10(21 votes)

    #13 - Furuhata Ninzaburô vs. the Quiz King

    S2:E6

    While competing on a TV game show, Furuhata investigates the murder of a costumer found dead in a locked room. He begins suspecting that the killer is none other than the undefeated quiz show champion.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 2 Episode 8 - Magician's Choice
    7.3/10(19 votes)

    #14 - Magician's Choice

    S2:E8

    A highly respected magician falls in love with his much younger assistant and murders her boyfriend in front of a captive audience which just so happens to include Furuhata and Shintaro.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 3 Episode 5 - The Yoko-chin Anzai Incident
    7.3/10(21 votes)

    #15 - The Yoko-chin Anzai Incident

    S3:E5

    Furuhata receives a mysterious invitation to an old friend's house. Beginning to suspect his friend plans to murder his cheating wife, Furuhata realizes this may be his chance to prevent a murder instead of solving one.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 3 Episode 6 - The Conductor Murder
    7.3/10(21 votes)

    #16 - The Conductor Murder

    S3:E6

    A conductor murders a violist he was having an affair with an seeks to frame her new boyfriend. Strangely, he also kills all of the victim's fish, which Furuhata used to deduce the killer's identity.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 3 Episode 8 - The Scientist Murder
    7.3/10(19 votes)

    #17 - The Scientist Murder

    S3:E8

    A wheelchair-bound scientist kills his colleague and old friend using a deadly gift and some well-timed phone calls. Saionji quickly suspects the scientist's ex-girlfriend of the crime, but Furuhata remains unconvinced.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 1 Episode 9 - Broadcast Murder
    7.6/10(21 votes)

    #18 - Broadcast Murder

    S1:E9

    During a live broadcast, a TV psychic desperately in need of validation pretends to find a corpse of a man he himself had killed earlier. The only person in the audience not convinced is Inspector Furuhata.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 2 Episode 9 - The Wrong Man
    7.6/10(21 votes)

    #19 - The Wrong Man

    S2:E9

    A magazine editor concocts and executes the perfect murder in the snowy hills around Tokyo only to then encounter an acquaintance. He kills him too but his streak of bad luck has only just begun.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 3 Episode 9 - The Airplane Murder
    7.6/10(21 votes)

    #20 - The Airplane Murder

    S3:E9

    An archaeologist's affair partner accidentally dies during a fight in an airplane bathroom and flees, desperate to hide his secret from his wife. While covering up the crime, he's forced to masquerade as the co-pilot and avoid the child who witnessed his escape. Imaizumi's witnessing of a gremlin on the wing of the plane becomes a dangerous clue.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 1 Episode 11 - Sayonara DJ
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    #21 - Sayonara DJ

    S1:E11

    Furuhata and Shintaro are assigned to bodyguard a radio DJ who's been receiving threatening messages. However, the DJ turns out to be the killer with a devious plan and a watertight alibi.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 2 Episode 4 - Red or Blue
    7.8/10(26 votes)

    #22 - Red or Blue

    S2:E4

    Shintaro is trapped on a Ferris wheel with a bomb on board and if the amusement park doesn't pay the bomber until noon, it will go off. His only other hope is a young explosives expert whom Furuhata suspects is the bomber.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 3 Episode 11 - The Train Hijacking Murder: Part 2
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    #23 - The Train Hijacking Murder: Part 2

    S3:E11

    Furuhata leaves the station with the suspect, intent on dropping off the ransom money. How will he prove the culprits true identity, and what is his opponent planning?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 4 Episode 2 - A Fair Murder
    7.8/10(21 votes)

    #24 - A Fair Murder

    S4:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 1 Episode 2 - The Moving Corpse
    7.9/10(22 votes)

    #25 - The Moving Corpse

    S1:E2

    After killing a woman in a hit and run, a famous Kabuki actor decides to kill the only witness, a theatre security guard, and stage it to look like an accidental fall. Only Furuhata Ninazburo is not convinced.

    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Final Dance" is the worst rated episode of "Furuhata Ninzaburo". It scored 6.4/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/5/2006. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Laughing Corpse".