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!
- Released
- 2013-10-17
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Yuji Nakamae, Ichirō Anabuki
Cast
- Yasufumi Terawaki as Iwao Takemura
- Yumi Aso 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
- Kyusaku Shimada as Arai Takashi
- Ken Shonozaki as Katsuragi Makoto
- Saori Takizawa as Hamano Rie
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