The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi (1979)

07/14/1979 (JP) • Comedy, Mystery • 1h 53m

Overview

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.

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi (1979)

07/14/1979 (JP) • 1h 53m

Comedy, Mystery

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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

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Part of the Kosuke Kindaichi Collection

Includes The Inugami Family, Lullaby to Kill, Island of Hell

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

parody

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