Lullaby to Kill

Name: Lullaby to Kill
Genre: Mystery, Horror
Released: 1977-04-02
Rating: 3.56
Cast: Koji Ishizaka, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Keiko Kishi, Akiko Nishina, Koji Kita

Summary

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.

Details

Release Date: April 2, 1977

Runtime: 144 minutes

Genres: Mystery, Horror

Original Language: JA

Rating: ⭐ 6.4/10 (14 votes)

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