The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi (1979)

  • NR
  • 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.

Nobuhiko Obayashi

Director

Seishi Yokomizo

Novel

Kōichi Saitō

Writer

Akira Nakano

Writer

Cast

Ikko Furuya's headshot

Ikko Furuya

Kosuke Kindaichi
Kunie Tanaka's headshot

Kunie Tanaka

Lt. Todoroki
Miyuki Matsuda's headshot

Miyuki Matsuda

Maria
Hideko Yoshida's headshot

Hideko Yoshida

Fumie Akechi
Chiyonosuke Azuma's headshot

Chiyonosuke Azuma

Akechi Kojuro
Rinichi Yamamoto's headshot

Rinichi Yamamoto

Yukichi Mori
Jiro Sakagami's headshot

Jiro Sakagami

Goemon Ishida
Noboru Nakaya's headshot

Noboru Nakaya

Kazuya Furugaki

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