Screenplay: Seishi Yokomizo

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Koji Ishizaka · Yôko Shimada · Teruhiko Aoi · Mieko Takamine

Plot A strange will left by a wealthy man reveals a peculiarly twisted set of relationships and triggers four deaths and several other murder attempts.

Direction Masahiro Shinoda

Cast Takeshi Kaga · Masato Furuoya · Jun Hamamura · Sen Hara

Plot The final entry in the Kosuke Kindaichi series of the late seventies.

Direction Sadatsugu Matsuda

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Teruyo Asagumo · Chizuru Kitagawa · Ryutaro Otomo

Direction Sadatsugu Matsuda

Cast Setsuko Hara · Haruko Sugimura · Seiji Miyaguchi · Chiezô Kataoka

Direction Sadatsugu Matsuda

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Chizuru Kitagawa · Isamu Kosugi · Kuniko Miyake

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Koji Ishizaka · Yoshiko Sakuma · Junko Sakurada · Takako Irie

Plot One of Kon Ichikaw's adaptations of the Kindaichi Kousuke detective stories written by Yokomizo Seishi. This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to...

Direction Sadatsugu Matsuda

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Takamaru Sasaki · Mitsuko Miura · Minoru Takada

Direction Kôji Shiraishi

Cast Takuya Kimura · Kazuhiro Nakahara · Junko Omura · Hiroshi Yamane

Plot This film explores the strange similarities between the Sugisawa Village incident, where a young man is said to have killed all the villagers, and the Tsuyama incident, which is known...

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Koji Ishizaka · Nanako Matsushima · Kikunosuke Onoe · Keiko Matsuzaka

Direction Motoyoshi Oda

Cast Seizaburô Kawazu · Haruo Tanaka · Joji Oka · Gen Shimizu

Plot A ghost man with his face hidden entirely by bandages is killing beautiful nude models. Detective Kindaichi investigates.

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Koji Ishizaka · Keiko Kishi · Akiko Nishina · Koji Kita

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Chizuru Kitagawa · Fukuko Sayo · Eitarô Shindô

Direction Saito Kosei

Cast Toshiyuki Nishida · Isao Natsuyagi · Haruko Wanibuchi · Saitô Tomoko

Plot In one of the best films of this type, famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent blend of intrigue and betrayal, set...

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Etsushi Toyokawa · Yûko Asano · Yu Ji Chin Ye · Hisashi Igawa

Plot A band of samurai warriors places a curse on a family fortune thus frustrating the heir 4 centuries later. Despite the Asian setting, it has a sort of strong sense...

Direction Nobuo Nakagawa

Cast Tomisaburô Wakayama · Keiko Hibino · Misako Uji · Kodayu Ichikawa

Plot Famed detective Dandy Sashichi tries to solve who's behind the serial murders of six beautiful women under the aegis of local showman Ibaragiya. The film opens with the sextet humiliating...

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Koji Ishizaka · Yôko Tsukasa · Reiko Ohara · Mitsuko Kusabue

Direction Yoichi Takabayashi

Cast Akira Nakao · Junko Takazawa · Takahiro Tamura · Fujio Tokita

Direction Tsuneo Kobayashi · Shigehiro Ozawa

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Ryutaro Gomi · Eitarô Ozawa · Hizuru Takachiho

Direction Nobuo Nakagawa

Cast Ryo Ikebe · Asami Kuji · Ichirô Arishima · Akio Kobori

Plot The story of a professional nude model stalked by a bizarre, unknown man wearing a hideous mask.

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Ken Takakura · Shigemi Kitahara · Takashi Kanda · Kiwako Taichi