Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
After a woman buys a Japanese shunga painting from an auction and later is found murdered in a hotel in Stockholm, the police gets dragged into a murder investigation where they meet the dark side of the art world.
After a woman buys a Japanese shunga painting from an auction and later is found murdered in a hotel in Stockholm, the police gets dragged into a murder investigation where they meet the dark side of the art world.
Peter Haber
Martin Beck
Mikael Persbrandt
Gunvald Larsson
Dieter Pfaff
Kommissar Sperling
Marie Göranzon
Margareta Oberg
Ing-Marie Carlsson
Bodil Lettermark
Stina Rautelin
Lena Klingström
Jeff Ranara
Sun
Måns Nathanaelson
Oskar Bergman
Ingvar Hirdwall
Grannen
After a woman buys a Japanese shunga painting from an auction and later is found murdered in a hotel in Stockholm, the police gets dragged into a murder investigation where they meet the dark side of the art world.
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