Yuri Rintaro , an ordinary gray-haired gentleman, is a calm and collected guy, who actually has a reputation as a “crime psychologist” in Kyoto, Japan. He used to be a head of Crime Squad of Serious Crime Investigation of Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, but quit his job because of one special case and moved to Kyoto where he spent his younger days as a student. Now he is a crime psychologist as well as “consulting detective” even to the police.
Shunsuke Mitugi is an aspiring mystery writer who helps Yuri Rintaro to solve the crime misteries.
Based on the novels by prestigeous Japanese crime novelist Seishi Yokomizo, “Detective Yuri Rintaro” is a long-awaited drama series not only for mystery novel lovers but for all the drama lovers. Bizarre murder cases, solving misteries, complicated human relationship… the best buddy drama from ancient capital in Japan.
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元警視庁捜査一課長という経歴を持つ、白髪の名探偵・由利麟太郎。由利を敬愛し助手としてバディーを組む、ミステリー作家志望の青年・三津木俊助。昭和を代表するミステリー作家・横溝正史のおどろおどしい奇怪な世界を現代風に新解釈！新たな名コンビによるホラーミステリーを京都を舞台に描く。
由於某個事件而從警視廳消失的由利麟太郎，將活動據點移至學生時期曾居住過的京都。
以分析殺人者行動的「犯罪心理學者」活躍在每個案發現場。沉著冷靜的銀髮紳士‧由利麟太郎將與青年‧三津木俊助聯手，查明每個不可思議的神祕案件的背後真相。
