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JAPAN · 1979

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

Nobuhiko Obayashi
Japanese New Wave detective mystery art heist Japanese crime statue theft investigation
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Synopsis

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.

Year1979
CountryJapan
DirectorNobuhiko Obayashi
MovementJapanese New Wave
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