All By His Excellency's Work

2004 2h 1m JA

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★5.0TMDB · 1

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Synopsis

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An employee at a Japanese embassy in a South American country is kidnapped but Furuhata, who is there on holiday, begins suspecting that the man was killed by none other than the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary himself.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Masakazu Tamura
Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Matsumoto Hakuō II
Masahiko Tsugawa
Tae Kimura
Norito Yashima

Credits

Behind the camera

Writers: Koki Mitani
Languages: Japanese

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ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Furuhata Ninzaburo Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 5

CAST

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Masakazu Tamura and Mitsuhiro Oikawa and Matsumoto Hakuō II carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 22 years ago.
2Part of the "Furuhata Ninzaburo Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Masakazu Tamura and Mitsuhiro Oikawa and Matsumoto Hakuō II carry the top of the cast.
5Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 121 min · 2h 1m
Status: Released
Original language: JA

Part of

Furuhata Ninzaburo Collection

Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as the Japanese version of Columbo. The series is a police detective drama starring actor Masakazu Tamura as Furuhata Ninzaburo and Masahiko Nishimura as his stereotypically bumbling sidekick, Shintaro Imaizumi. The program aired weekly and featured a guest villain each time, usually a famous talent in Japan. Pop-stars like SMAP, television hosts like Sanma Akashiya and even sports figures like Ichiro Suzuki have been featured on this program. It was one of the most popular television dramas in the history of Japanese television, having spawned several seasons and TV specials.