Season 2
(1996)
Cast
Episodes
The Man Who Talks Too Much 9.0
January 10, 1996
A successful lawyer kills his mistress and frames Shintaro Imaizumi for the murder. When the lawyer convinces Shintaro …
The Woman Who Doesn't Smile 10.0
January 17, 1996
A hated, strict headmistress of an all-girls priory school murders a liberal teacher beloved by all the students. In or…
Master of the Game 9.0
January 24, 1996
A devious doctor manipulates a mystery writer into staging his own murder to look like a suicide. The doctor is surpris…
Red or Blue 9.0
January 31, 1996
Shintaro is trapped on a Ferris wheel with a bomb on board and if the amusement park doesn't pay the bomber until noon,…
Reward for Hypocrisy 9.0
February 7, 1996
Furuhata's favorite screenwriter murders her domineering sister with an unknown murder weapon. In order to find the wea…
Furuhata Ninzaburô vs. the Quiz King 10.0
February 14, 1996
While competing on a TV game show, Furuhata investigates the murder of a costumer found dead in a locked room. He begin…
Appraisal: Murder 9.0
February 21, 1996
A scheming antique dealer murders an old potter who was blackmailing him but his accomplice's thoughtless actions jeopa…
Magician's Choice 10.0
February 28, 1996
A highly respected magician falls in love with his much younger assistant and murders her boyfriend in front of a capti…
The Wrong Man 10.0
March 6, 1996
A magazine editor concocts and executes the perfect murder in the snowy hills around Tokyo only to then encounter an ac…
What Happened in New York 10.0
March 13, 1996
During a long bus trip to New York, a Japanese woman sitting next to Furuhata challenges him to a game. She will tell h…