A Japanese detective cosplays as Peter Falk and somehow it absolutely rules.
The fifth 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.
Acting
Terawaki's uncanny Falk channeling is genuinely committed.
Direction
Nakamae nails the Columbo visual grammar shot-for-shot.
Director
Yuji Nakamae
Yasufumi Terawaki
Takemura Iwao
Yumi Aso
Takemura Youko
Katsunori Takahashi
Okabe Kazuo
Yoichi Nukumizu
Maruyama Ryousuke
Yôsuke Kawamura
Kinoshita Hayato
Yukijiro Hotaru
Miyazaki Yoshio
Toshifumi Muramatsu
Tozawa Nobuo
Yuma Ishigaki
Nakajima Hidetoshi
Kaoru Hirata
Irie Noriko
Kunihiro Suda
Aoki Takeo
Kana Harada
Nakajima Misako
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Columbo boom' in Japan has persisted since the 70s; this franchise treats American detective worship as sincere artistic tradition, not parody.
Author Yasuo Uchida wrote over 130 mystery novels set in Shinano/Nagano; this character was created specifically because Uchida himself was obsessed with Columbo.
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