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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

Rating: 6.4/10 (14 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

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

  • 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.

  • Death at an Old Mansion

    Death at an Old Mansion

    A woman and her bridegroom are found murdered in their bed the day after their wedding. It had snowed overnight and the killer left no tracks. It is up to an amateur detective to figure out what happened. Carefully and systematically, he pieces together the clues in this locked room mystery.

  • 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

  • Tomisaburō Wakayama

    Tomisaburō Wakayama

    Insp. Isokawa

  • Keiko Kishi

    Keiko Kishi

    Rika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu)

  • Akiko Nishina

    Akiko Nishina

    Chie Bessho (Harue's daughter)

  • Koji Kita

    Koji Kita

    Kanao Aochi (Rika's son)

  • Mitsuko Kusabue

    Mitsuko Kusabue

    Atsuko Yura - Yasuko's Mother

  • Hisano Yamaoka

    Hisano Yamaoka

    Ito Izutsu

  • Michiko Hayashi

    Michiko Hayashi

    Omiki (maid at the Kamenoyu)

  • Misako Watanabe

    Misako Watanabe

    Harue Bessho - Chi'e's Mother

  • Takeshi Katō

    Takeshi Katō

    Inspector Tachibana

  • Hideji Ōtaki

    Hideji Ōtaki

    Dr. Gondô

  • Nobuo Nakamura

    Nobuo Nakamura

    Hôan Tatara

  • Eiko Nagashima

    Eiko Nagashima

    Satoko Aochi (Rika's daughter, Kanao's younger sister)

  • Kayoko Shiraishi

    Kayoko Shiraishi

    Sakie Tsukasa (Kahei's younger sister)

  • Fujio Tokita

    Fujio Tokita

    Tatsuzô - Harue's Elder Brother

  • Akiji Kobayashi

    Akiji Kobayashi

    Koreya Kusakabe (manager)

  • Kazunaga Tsuji

    Kazunaga Tsuji

    Detective Nozu

  • Takao Zushi

    Takao Zushi

    Toshiro Yura (Atsuko's son)

  • Baku Ohwada

    Baku Ohwada

  • Tetsuya Ushio

    Tetsuya Ushio

    Ryuji Nire (the second son)

  • Keiko Tomita

    Keiko Tomita

    Michiko Nire (Naota's wife)

  • Isao Kishimoto

    Isao Kishimoto

  • Riki Harada

    Riki Harada

  • Norihei Miki

    Norihei Miki

    Jûbei Noro - Genjirô's Colleague

  • Ryūtarō Tatsumi

    Ryūtarō Tatsumi

    Kahei Nire (scale maker)