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Summary

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.

Details

Release Date: February 11, 1978

Runtime: 140 minutes

Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Rating: 7.3/10 (7 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.

  • 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

  • Keiko Kishi

    Keiko Kishi

    Hideko Kamio

  • Yōko Tsukasa

    Yōko Tsukasa

    Tsutayo

  • Mieko Takamine

    Mieko Takamine

    Takako Higashikoji

  • Kie Nakai

    Kie Nakai

    Tomoko Daidoji

  • Masaya Oki

    Masaya Oki

    Rentaro Tamon

  • Mitsuko Kusabue

    Mitsuko Kusabue

    Otomi

  • Ryoko Sakaguchi

    Ryoko Sakaguchi

    Oaki

  • Midori Hagio

    Midori Hagio

    Kotoe Daidoji

  • Takeshi Katō

    Takeshi Katō

    Detective Todoroki

  • Shigeru Kōyama

    Shigeru Kōyama

    Tsukumo

  • Akiji Kobayashi

    Akiji Kobayashi

    Detective Kogure

  • Hideji Ōtaki

    Hideji Ōtaki

    Lawyer Kano

  • Fujio Tokita

    Fujio Tokita

  • Kimihiro Reizei

    Kimihiro Reizei

    Detective Kurosawa

  • Kayoko Shiraishi

    Kayoko Shiraishi

    Rui Hayami

  • Junzaburō Ban

    Junzaburō Ban

    Police Yamamoto

  • Norihei Miki

    Norihei Miki

    Arashi

  • Tatsuya Nakadai

    Tatsuya Nakadai

    Ginzo Daidoji

  • Takeshi Sasaki

    Takeshi Sasaki

    Taijiro Komai

  • Katsuhiko Sasaki

    Katsuhiko Sasaki

    Hitoshi Kusakabe