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.
Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
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Ikko Furuya as Kosuke Kindaichi |
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Kunie Tanaka as Lt. Todoroki |
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Miyuki Matsuda as Maria |
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Hideko Yoshida as Fumie Akechi |
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Chiyonosuke Azuma as Akechi Kojuro |
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Rinichi Yamamoto as Yukichi Mori |
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Jiro Sakagami as Goemon Ishida |
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Noboru Nakaya as Kazuya Furugaki |
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Miyoko Akaza as Takako Fujii |
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Daigo Kusano as Takagi |
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Fumi Dan as Train Passenger Solving a Puzzle |
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Shin Kishida as Dracula in the City |
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Masayo Miyako as Bride of Dracula |
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Toshirō Mifune as Kindaichi of 11th Generation in "The Woman in the Eye" |
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Tatsuya Mihashi as Inspector Todoroki in "The Woman in the Eye" |
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Toru Minegishi as Visitor in "The Woman in the Eye" |
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Isao Natsuyagi as Koichi Sumida |
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Etsuko Shihomi as Kindaichi's Neighbor |
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Mariko Okada as Kyoko Yasugi |
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Nobuhiko Obayashi as Film Director |
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Seishi Yokomizo as Yokomizo |
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Haruki Kadokawa as Kadokawa |
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Yoichi Takabayashi as Angler |
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Kirin Kiki as |
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Tomoko Saitō as Girl Who Loves Kindaichi |
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Jun Harada as Boy Singer at Disco |
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Toshio Egi as Punch the Clown |
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Shinsaku Himeda as |
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Akimitsu Takagi as Barber's Guest |
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Saho Sasazawa as TV Station Guest |
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Shōichi Hirose as Sarah the Great King |
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Kazuo Satsuya as Geta Shop Owner |
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Megumi Ishii as The Regrettable Daughter of a Historical Drama |
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Izumi Asuka as Fumie's Servant |
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Urara Sen as Housewife in Housing Complex |
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Sakae Umezu as Reporter A |
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Jirô Daruma as Reporter B |
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Tamotsu Ono as Akechi Art Store Clerk |
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Hajime Izu as |
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Sanji Kojima as Barber Shop Owner |
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Gajirō Satō as Yutaro Takojima |
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Takayasu Kinoshita as Post |
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Harumi Otsuka as Peer |
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Keiko Usami as Eiko |
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Tarō Nanshū as Nemoto |
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Osamu Shigematsu as Yano |
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Asami Ogawa as Ayaka |
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Akira Ōizumi as Old Man |
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Dankichi Kuruma as Police Officer |
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Rika Miwa as Children's Leader Rika |
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Toyoko Takechi as Music School Secretary |
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Mayumi Niiyama as Announcer |
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Naoshi Miyazaki as Seta |
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Masaku Himeda as Photo Studio Staff A |
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Daisaku Kimura as Photo Studio Staff B |
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Kenichi Okubo as Photo Studio Staff C |
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Kyōhei Nakaoka as Photo Studio Staff D |
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Akira Nakamura as Photo Studio Staff E |
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Yukihiro Udagawa as Photo Studio Staff F |
| Directing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Director |
| Writing | Seishi Yokomizo | Novel |
| Writing | Kōichi Saitō | Writer |
| Writing | Akira Nakano | Writer |
| Editing | Shinya Inoue | Editor |
| Production | Haruki Kadokawa | Producer |
| Art | Makoto Wada | Title Designer |
| Writing | Kôhei Tsuka | Dialogue |
| Lighting | Shinji Kojima | Gaffer |
| Art | Kazuo Satsuya | Production Design |
| Sound | Susumu Miyanaga | Sound |
| Directing | Nobuaki Izaki | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Daisaku Kimura | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Katsumi Kobayashi | Original Music Composer |