Name: Masakazu Tamura

Height: 5'9"

Date of Birth: 1 August, 1943

Birthplace: Kyoto, Japan

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He is most famous for his role as the polite and highly idiosyncratic police detective, Furuhata Ninzaburo, in a self-titled drama by Japanese playwright Koki Mitani. This drama was one of the most popular in its time and one of the most popular dramas in the history of Japanese television. There are rumours that while the character was based on Matlock, the characteristics, speech patterns and easily imitable fashion sense are based on that of writer Koki Mitani's scholar and famed professor of philosophy, Yoichiro Murakami. Tamura himself afterwards mentioned that he regretted taking the role, because it ended up typecasting him. He also appeared in many staged dramas (jidaigeki).

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