The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

113 mins | Comedy, Mystery | July 14, 1979

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

113 mins | Comedy, Mystery | July 14, 1979

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
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.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Kadokawa Pictures
Original title 金田一耕助の冒険
Directors Nobuhiko Obayashi
Writers Seishi Yokomizo, Akira Nakano, Kōichi Saitō

Cast

Ikko Furuya

as Kosuke Kindaichi

Kunie Tanaka

as Lt Todoroki

Miyuki Matsuda

as Maria, leader of the thief group "Popeye"

Hideko Yoshida

as Fumie Akechi

Chiyonosuke Azuma

as Akechi Kojuro

Rinichi Yamamoto

as Yukichi Mori (an old man in a retirement home)

Jiro Sakagami

as Goemon Ishida

Noboru Nakaya

as Kazuya Furugaki from New Art Association

Miyoko Akaza

as Takako Fujii

Daigo Kusano

as Kojuro Akechi's Secretary, Takagi

Fumi Dan

as Train passenger solving a puzzle

Shin Kishida

as Dracula in the city

Masayo Miyako

as Bride of Dracula

Toshirō Mifune

as Kindaichi of 11th generation in "The Woman in the Eye"

Tatsuya Mihashi

as Inspector Todoroki in "The Woman in the Eye"

Tōru Minegishi

as Visitor in "The Woman in the Eye"

Isao Natsuyagi

as Koichi Sumida, boss of Hakko Loan

Etsuko Shihomi

as Kindaichi's Neighbor

Mariko Okada

as Kyoko Yasugi

Nobuhiko Obayashi

as Film director

Seishi Yokomizo

as Yokomizo-sensei

Haruki Kadokawa

as Kadokawa

Yoichi Takabayashi

as Angler

Tomoko Saitō

as Girl who loves Kindaichi

Jun Harada

as Boy singer singing at a disco

Toshio Egi

as Punch The Clown

Megumi Ishii

as / The regrettable daughter of a historical drama

Akimitsu Takagi

as Barber's Guest

Saho Sasazawa

as TV station guest

Shôichi Hirose

as Sarah the Great King

Daisaku Kimura

as Photo Studio Staff B

Kazuo Satsuya

as Geta shop owner

Izumi Asuka

as Fumie's servant

Urara Sen

as Housewife in housing complex

Sakae Umezu

as Reporter A

Jirô Daruma

as Reporter B

Tamotsu Ono

as Akechi Art Store clerk