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A series of films about private detective Kosuke Kindaichi solving murder cases. Starring Koji Ishizaka in the titular role, directed by Kon Ichikawa.

  • Number of Movies: 7
  • Revenue: $10,646,000

Featured Cast

  1. Koji Ishizaka

    Koji Ishizaka

    Kosuke Kindaichi

  2. Akira Nakao

    Akira Nakao

    Kosuke Kindaichi

  3. Yōko Tsukasa

    Yōko Tsukasa

    Tsutayo, Katsuno

  4. Keiko Kishi

    Keiko Kishi

    Rika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu), Hideko Kamio

  5. Teruhiko Aoi

    Teruhiko Aoi

    Toshio Yamauchi, Sukekiyo Inugami

  6. Nanako Matsushima

    Nanako Matsushima

    Tamayo Nonomiya

  7. Tomisaburō Wakayama

    Tomisaburō Wakayama

    Insp. Isokawa

  8. Takahiro Tamura

    Takahiro Tamura

    Kenzo Ichiyanagi

  9. Yoshiko Sakuma

    Yoshiko Sakuma

    Yayoi Hogen

  10. Mieko Takamine

    Mieko Takamine

    Matsuko Inugami, Takako Higashikoji

  11. Masao Kusakari

    Masao Kusakari

    Mokutarou Hinatsu

  12. Reiko Ōhara

    Reiko Ōhara

    Sanae

  13. Kikunosuke Onoe V

    Kikunosuke Onoe V

    Sukekiyo Inugami

  14. Akira Nitta

    Saburo Ichiyanagi

Featured Crew

  1. Kon Ichikawa

    Kon Ichikawa

    Writing, Directing

  2. Shinya Hidaka

    Writing

  3. Yoichi Takabayashi

    Yoichi Takabayashi

    Writing, Directing

  4. Chiho Katsura

    Chiho Katsura

    Writing

  5. Norio Osada

    Writing

When a woman and her bridegroom are found dead in a double suicide the day after their wedding, it is up to the detective to figure out what could possibly have motivated them. Carefully and systematically, he pieces together the inner lives of the two.

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.

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.

August 27, 1977

A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.

June 29, 1978

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.

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.

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.

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