Furuhata Ninzaburo: Japan’s Love Letter to Columbo

Another atypical police detective from another part of the world

It was the first week of April 2026 when I first wrote my piece on Det. Frank Columbo starring the incomparable* Peter Falk.

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The L.A.P.D.’s Det. Columbo

See, there’s, uh, just one thing that doesn’t look right.

Before you, dear reader, is an atypical series with an atypical protagonist played by a rather atypical actor for an atypical runtime.

Columbo!