8.5/1030 votes#1 - Message from the Dead
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/13/1994
On a dark and stormy night, Chinami kills her business partner in her remote manor house in the hills. Then the doorbell rings. As luck would have it, it's none other than Inspector Furuhata seeking refuge from the rain.
Director: Koki Mitani
Writer: N/A
8.1/1018 votes#2 - The Moving Corpse
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/20/1994
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.5/1019 votes#3 - The Laughing Corpse
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/27/1994
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1024 votes#4 - The Killing Fax
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/4/1994
An action-packed night is in store for the police department after a famous writer's wife is kidnapped and he is tasked with delivering the money by the fax-using kidnapper. However, a grammatical question niggles at Furuhata.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1018 votes#5 - The Dirty King
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/11/1994
Shogi 8-dan Yonezawa is no match for Furuhata Ninzaburo after murdering the overseer at the Ryujin Tournament.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1019 votes#6 - The Piano Lesson
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/18/1994
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/1018 votes#7 - Rehearsal for Murder
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/25/1994
During a rehearsal, a beloved samurai movie star kills the despised studio executive. Was it an accident or murder? Furuhata Ninzaburo investigates.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1017 votes#8 - Murder Express
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/1/1994
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1019 votes#9 - Broadcast Murder
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/8/1994
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/1017 votes#10 - The Contradictory Corpse
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/15/1994
A politician's secretary murders his boss and the boss' mistress staging the scene to look like a murder-suicide. However, one of his victims survives and is taken to the hospital for recovery.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1017 votes#11 - Sayonara DJ
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/22/1994
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/1018 votes#12 - The Final Greeting
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/29/1994
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 1
Every episode of Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Furuhata Ninzaburo Season 1!
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...
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Network:Fuji TV
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Message from the Dead" is the best rated episode of "Furuhata Ninzaburo" season 1. It scored 8.5/10 based on 30 votes. Directed by Koki Mitani and written by N/A, it aired on 4/13/1994. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Moving Corpse".