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
Original Language: JA
Rating: ⭐ 7.3/10 (7 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

Keiko Kishi
Hideko Kamio

Yōko Tsukasa
Tsutayo

Mieko Takamine
Takako Higashikoji

Kie Nakai
Tomoko Daidoji

Masaya Oki
Rentaro Tamon

Mitsuko Kusabue
Otomi

Ryoko Sakaguchi
Oaki

Midori Hagio
Kotoe Daidoji

Takeshi Katō
Detective Todoroki

Shigeru Kōyama
Tsukumo

Akiji Kobayashi
Detective Kogure

Hideji Ōtaki
Lawyer Kano

Fujio Tokita

Kimihiro Reizei
Detective Kurosawa

Kayoko Shiraishi
Rui Hayami

Junzaburō Ban
Police Yamamoto

Norihei Miki
Arashi

Tatsuya Nakadai
Ginzo Daidoji

Takeshi Sasaki
Taijiro Komai

Katsuhiko Sasaki
Hitoshi Kusakabe








