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)
Kosuke Kindaichi Collection

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

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
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.

Murder of the Inugami Clan
Inugami Sahei, who built up the wealth of the Inugami Clan, passes away, leaving a will with Furudate, his legal adviser, for his daughters Matsuko, Takeko and Umeko, all of whom have different mothers, and for their sons, as well as for Nonomiya Tamayo, the granddaughter of a person to whom Sahei feels heavily indebted. The will states that all his assets are inherited by Tamayo alone, on the condition that she marries one of the sons of the daughters. Furudate's assistant learns the content of the will, and seeks advice from Kindaichi Kosuke, a private detective, as he senses the air of unease. Shortly afterwards, murders start to occur one after another in the clan.

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

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

Devil's Nursery Rhyme
1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.
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Cast

Koji Ishizaka
Kosuke Kindaichi

Tomisaburō Wakayama
Insp. Isokawa

Keiko Kishi
Rika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu)

Akiko Nishina
Chie Bessho (Harue's daughter)

Koji Kita
Kanao Aochi (Rika's son)

Yoko Takahashi
Yasuko Yura (Atsuko's daughter, Toshiro's younger sister)

Mitsuko Kusabue
Atsuko Yura - Yasuko's Mother

Hisano Yamaoka
Ito Izutsu

Michiko Hayashi
Omiki (maid at the Kamenoyu)

Misako Watanabe
Harue Bessho - Chi'e's Mother

Takeshi Katō
Inspector Tachibana

Hideji Ōtaki
Dr. Gondô

Nobuo Nakamura
Hôan Tatara

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

Kayoko Shiraishi
Sakie Tsukasa (Kahei's younger sister)

Fujio Tokita
Tatsuzô - Harue's Elder Brother

Akiji Kobayashi
Koreya Kusakabe (manager)

Kazunaga Tsuji
Detective Nozu

Takao Zushi
Toshiro Yura (Atsuko's son)

Baku Ohwada

Tetsuya Ushio
Ryuji Nire (the second son)

Keiko Tomita
Michiko Nire (Naota's wife)

Isao Kishimoto

Riki Harada

Norihei Miki
Jûbei Noro - Genjirô's Colleague

Ryūtarō Tatsumi
Kahei Nire (scale maker)









