Episode guide
Furuhata Ninzaburo: Season 2
10 episodes · premiered Jan 10, 1996
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- Episode 1: The Man Who Talks Too Much Jan 10, 1996 · 1h A successful lawyer kills his mistress and frames Shintaro Imaizumi for the murder. When the lawyer convinces Shintaro to plead guilty, Furuhata becomes suspicious.
- Episode 2: The Woman Who Doesn't Smile Jan 17, 1996 · 1h A hated, strict headmistress of an all-girls priory school murders a liberal teacher beloved by all the students. In order to catch her, Furuhata will have to play by her rules.
- Episode 3: Master of the Game Jan 24, 1996 · 1h A devious doctor manipulates a mystery writer into staging his own murder to look like a suicide. The doctor is surprisingly good at all kinds of games (darts, pool, chess etc.) but he is…
- Episode 4: Red or Blue Jan 31, 1996 · 1h Shintaro is trapped on a Ferris wheel with a bomb on board and if the amusement park doesn't pay the bomber until noon, it will go off. His only other hope is a young explosives expert…
- Episode 5: Reward for Hypocrisy Feb 7, 1996 · 1h Furuhata's favorite screenwriter murders her domineering sister with an unknown murder weapon. In order to find the weapon and prove her guilt, Furuhata makes Shintaro become the old…
- Episode 6: Furuhata Ninzaburô vs. the Quiz King Feb 14, 1996 · 1h While competing on a TV game show, Furuhata investigates the murder of a costumer found dead in a locked room. He begins suspecting that the killer is none other than the undefeated quiz…
- Episode 7: Appraisal: Murder Feb 21, 1996 · 1h A scheming antique dealer murders an old potter who was blackmailing him but his accomplice's thoughtless actions jeopardize his plan.
- Episode 8: Magician's Choice Feb 28, 1996 · 1h A highly respected magician falls in love with his much younger assistant and murders her boyfriend in front of a captive audience which just so happens to include Furuhata and Shintaro.
- Episode 9: The Wrong Man Mar 6, 1996 · 1h A magazine editor concocts and executes the perfect murder in the snowy hills around Tokyo only to then encounter an acquaintance. He kills him too but his streak of bad luck has only just…
- Episode 10: What Happened in New York Mar 13, 1996 · 1h During a long bus trip to New York, a Japanese woman sitting next to Furuhata challenges him to a game. She will tell him about the perfect murder she committed and see if he is able to…