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.

Genre: Comedy, Mystery

Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi

Actors: Ikkô Furuya, Kunie Tanaka, Miyoko Akaza, Chiyonosuke Azuma, Fumi Dan, Jirô Daruma, Toshio Egi, Jun Harada, Shinsaku Himeda, Megumi Ishii

Release date: 1979-07-14

Country of origin: Japan

Length: 1h 53m

Ratings:

• 6.5/10