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Summary

A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.

Details

Release Date: August 27, 1977

Runtime: 141 minutes

Genres: Mystery, Horror

Rating: 7.0/10 (2 votes)


Kosuke Kindaichi Collection

  • The Inugami Family

    The Inugami Family

    When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons, pitting blood against blood.

  • Lullaby to Kill

    Lullaby to Kill

    Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolved murder. Then some murders happen. Kindaichi must find out about the past in order to reveal who the murderer is.

  • Island of Hell

    Island of Hell

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  • Queen Bee

    Queen Bee

    To solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji family's country estate, family secrets and lies dating back several generations must be sorted out once and for all.

  • The House of Hanging

    The House of Hanging

    This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion and doubt clouds Kousuke's mind.

  • The 8-Tomb Village

    The 8-Tomb Village

    A band of samurai warriors places a curse on a family fortune thus frustrating the heir 4 centuries later.

  • Village of Eight Gravestones

    Village of Eight Gravestones

    The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of novel by Seishi Yokomizo

  • The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

    The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

    Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known being The Inugami Family. Kosuke Kindaichi is the most famous detective in Japan. Kindaichi gets a new case to figure out who has beheaded a valuable statue and made off with its head.

  • Ghost Man

    Ghost Man

    A ghost man with his face hidden entirely by bandages is killing beautiful nude models. Detective Kindaichi investigates.

  • The Vampire Moth

    The Vampire Moth

    The story of a professional nude model stalked by a bizarre, unknown man wearing a hideous mask.

  • Devil's Nursery Rhyme

    Devil's Nursery Rhyme

    1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.


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Cast

  • Koji Ishizaka

    Koji Ishizaka

    Kosuke Kindaichi

  • Yōko Tsukasa

    Yōko Tsukasa

    Katsuno

  • Reiko Ōhara

    Reiko Ōhara

    Sanae

  • Mitsuko Kusabue

    Mitsuko Kusabue

    Osayo

  • Kiwako Taichi

    Kiwako Taichi

    Tomoe

  • Yuko Asano

    Yuko Asano

    Tsukiyo Kito

  • Ryoko Sakaguchi

    Ryoko Sakaguchi

    Oshichi

  • Takeshi Katō

    Takeshi Katō

    Inspector Todoroki

  • Hideji Ōtaki

    Hideji Ōtaki

    Gihei Kito

  • Tatsuo Matsumura

    Tatsuo Matsumura

    Chinese herbal doctor Koan

  • Tsunehiko Kamijô

    Tsunehiko Kamijô

    Officer Shimizu

  • Shinnosuke Ikehata

    Shinnosuke Ikehata

    Shozo Ukai

  • Taketoshi Naitō

    Taketoshi Naitō

    Yosamatsu Kito

  • Yoshio Inaba

    Yoshio Inaba

    Village head Araki

  • Noboru Mitani

    Noboru Mitani

    Demobilized soldier

  • Kazunaga Tsuji

    Kazunaga Tsuji

    Detective Bando

  • Shuichi Ikeda

    Shuichi Ikeda

    Ryotaku

  • Akiji Kobayashi

    Akiji Kobayashi

    Takezo

  • Keiko Oginome

    Keiko Oginome

    Katsuno (child)

  • Yutaka Nakano

    Yutaka Nakano

  • Norihei Miki

    Norihei Miki

    Barber Seijuro

  • Eijirō Tōno

    Eijirō Tōno

    Kaemon Kito

  • Shin Saburi

    Shin Saburi

    Priest Ryonen