The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

1979 · 113 min · ★ 6.4 · Comedy, Mystery

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.

Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi · Written by Kōichi Saitō

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Ikko Furuya Kosuke Kindaichi
Kunie Tanaka Lt. Todoroki
Miyuki Matsuda Maria
Hideko Yoshida Fumie Akechi
Chiyonosuke Azuma Akechi Kojuro
Rinichi Yamamoto Yukichi Mori
Jiro Sakagami Goemon Ishida
Noboru Nakaya Kazuya Furugaki
Miyoko Akaza Takako Fujii
Daigo Kusano Takagi
Fumi Dan Train Passenger Solving a Puzzle
Shin Kishida Dracula in the City

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