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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.

  • 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

  • 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