The Sniffer
A consultant who has a superhuman sense of smell and assists in solving cases by smelling the scents left behind at crime scenes. He usually lives with a nasal plug, but once he removes it, and takes one sniff with his keen sense of smell, he will know the person’s age, gender, what he or she ate and even lifestyle. Besides investigating cases, he is researching whether people’s emotions have scent too. He has a daughter with Katayama Megumi.
Overview
A consultant who has a superhuman sense of smell and assists in solving cases by smelling the scents left behind at crime scenes. He usually lives with a nasal plug, but once he removes it, and takes one sniff with his keen sense of smell, he will know the person’s age, gender, what he or she ate and even lifestyle. Besides investigating cases, he is researching whether people’s emotions have scent too. He has a daughter with Katayama Megumi.
Episodes
1. Episode 1
A luxury cruise ship hosted a party for a prominent politician. A man with a keen sense of smell detected a terrorist who was hiding a bomb. Shinichiro Hanaoka (Hiroshi Abe), who solved the case with his special sense of smell, was known as “Sniffer” at the FBI in the United States.
2. Episode 2
A series of sniper attacks occurred in broad daylight in an office district. The crimes were committed by a professional sniper who targeted his victims with a rifle from the roof of a distant building.
3. Episode 3
A masterpiece by a genius painter is to be returned from Germany. Hanaoka (Hiroshi Abe) invites Yuki (Haruka Igawa) to attend a preview for the press, but he claims that the painting is a fake based on its smell.
Cast & Crew
Haruka Igawa
Suenaga Yuki
Toru Nomaguchi
Uwabe Ichiro
Teruyuki Kagawa
Komukai Tatsuro
Yuka Itaya
Katayama Megumi
Hiroshi Abe
Hanaoka Shinichiro
