The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi (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.

Cast (59)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

Daigo Kusano

Takagi

Fumi Dan

Train Passenger Solving a Puzzle

Shin Kishida

Dracula in the City

Masayo Miyako

Bride of Dracula

Toshirō Mifune

Kindaichi of 11th Generation in "The Woman in the Eye"

Tatsuya Mihashi

Inspector Todoroki in "The Woman in the Eye"

Toru Minegishi

Visitor in "The Woman in the Eye"

Isao Natsuyagi

Koichi Sumida

Etsuko Shihomi

Kindaichi's Neighbor

Mariko Okada

Kyoko Yasugi

Nobuhiko Obayashi

Film Director

Seishi Yokomizo

Yokomizo

Haruki Kadokawa

Kadokawa

Yoichi Takabayashi

Angler

Kirin Kiki

Tomoko Saitō

Girl Who Loves Kindaichi

J

Jun Harada

Boy Singer at Disco

T

Toshio Egi

Punch the Clown

S

Shinsaku Himeda

A

Akimitsu Takagi

Barber's Guest

Saho Sasazawa

TV Station Guest

Shōichi Hirose

Sarah the Great King

Kazuo Satsuya

Geta Shop Owner

Megumi Ishii

The Regrettable Daughter of a Historical Drama

I

Izumi Asuka

Fumie's Servant

U

Urara Sen

Housewife in Housing Complex

Sakae Umezu

Reporter A

Jirô Daruma

Reporter B

T

Tamotsu Ono

Akechi Art Store Clerk

Hajime Izu

S

Sanji Kojima

Barber Shop Owner

Gajirō Satō

Yutaro Takojima

T

Takayasu Kinoshita

Post

H

Harumi Otsuka

Peer

K

Keiko Usami

Eiko

T

Tarō Nanshū

Nemoto

O

Osamu Shigematsu

Yano

Asami Ogawa

Ayaka

Akira Ōizumi

Old Man

D

Dankichi Kuruma

Police Officer

Rika Miwa

Children's Leader Rika

T

Toyoko Takechi

Music School Secretary

M

Mayumi Niiyama

Announcer

N

Naoshi Miyazaki

Seta

M

Masaku Himeda

Photo Studio Staff A

D

Daisaku Kimura

Photo Studio Staff B

K

Kenichi Okubo

Photo Studio Staff C

K

Kyōhei Nakaoka

Photo Studio Staff D

A

Akira Nakamura

Photo Studio Staff E

Y

Yukihiro Udagawa

Photo Studio Staff F

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