Columbo of Shinano - Dead Person's Echo

The story

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!

Cast & crew

Yasufumi TerawakiIwao Takemura

Yumi AsoYoko Takemura

Katsunori TakahashiKazuo Abe

Masahiko NishimuraShuji Ohmori

Hatsunori HasegawaFukushima Taichirou

Miho MiyazawaNomoto Mitsuko

Toshifumi MuramatsuTozawa Nobuo

Yoichi NukumizuMaruyama Ryousuke

Shigemitsu OgiSawafuji Eizou

Kyusaku ShimadaArai Takashi

Ken ShonozakiKatsuragi Makoto

Saori TakizawaHamano Rie