The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979Obayashi'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.
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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
Jiro Sakagami
as Goemon Ishida
Noboru Nakaya
as Kazuya Furugaki
Miyoko Akaza
as Takako Fujii
Daigo Kusano
as 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"
Toru Minegishi
as Visitor in "The Woman in the Eye"
Isao Natsuyagi
as Koichi Sumida
Etsuko Shihomi
as Kindaichi's Neighbor
Mariko Okada
as Kyoko Yasugi
Nobuhiko Obayashi
as Film Director
Seishi Yokomizo
as Yokomizo
Haruki Kadokawa
as Kadokawa
Yoichi Takabayashi
as Angler
Kirin Kiki
Tomoko Saitō
as Girl Who Loves Kindaichi
Jun Harada
as Boy Singer at Disco
Toshio Egi
as Punch the Clown
Shinsaku Himeda
Megumi Ishii
Akimitsu Takagi
as Barber's Guest
Saho Sasazawa
as TV Station Guest
Shōichi Hirose
as Sarah the Great King
Daisaku Kimura
as Photo Studio Staff B
Kazuo Satsuya
as Geta Shop Owner
Megumi Ishii
as The Regrettable Daughter of a Historical Drama
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
Hajime Izu