Comedy ·Mystery · Japan · 1979 · 1h 53m

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

金田一耕助の冒険

Director

Cast

Ikko Furuya as Kosuke Kindaichi Kunie Tanaka as Lt. Todoroki Miyuki Matsuda as Maria Hideko Yoshida as Fumie Akechi Chiyonosuke Azuma as Akechi Kojuro Rinichi Yamamoto as Yukichi Mori

Crew

Daisaku Kimura — Director of Photography Shinya Inoue — Editor Katsumi Kobayashi — Original Music Composer Kōichi Saitō — Writer Akira Nakano — Writer Seishi Yokomizo — Novel

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

parody

Key Collaborators

Nobuhiko Obayashi Director Daisaku Kimura Director of Photography Shinya Inoue Editor Katsumi Kobayashi Original Music Composer Kōichi Saitō Writer Akira Nakano Writer Seishi Yokomizo Novel Haruki Kadokawa Producer Kazuo Satsuya Production Design

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