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!
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Cast
Yasufumi Terawaki
Iwao Takemura
Yumi Aso
Yoko Takemura
Katsunori Takahashi
Kazuo Abe
Masahiko Nishimura
Shuji Ohmori
Hatsunori Hasegawa
Fukushima Taichirou
Miho Miyazawa
Nomoto Mitsuko
Toshifumi Muramatsu
Tozawa Nobuo
Yoichi Nukumizu
Maruyama Ryousuke
Shigemitsu Ogi
Sawafuji Eizou
Kyusaku Shimada
Arai Takashi
Ken Shonozaki
Katsuragi Makoto
Saori Takizawa
Hamano Rie
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