Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee
2006
117 minutes
Overview
The movie is part of the Kindaichi TV movie series. Kindaichi is played by actor Goro Inagaki. The character's grandfather began with the written word. Kousuke Kindaichi started life in the novels of Seishi Yokomizo, written and set in post-war Japan. Inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie, Kindaichi is still very much a unique character, giving the Japanese their very own literary hero-detective. Young Hajime Kindaichi is a young man with bad dandruff and worse dress-sense (decades before Columbo), who wears a trademark, scruffy sunhat. He also happens to be better than the police at deductive reasoning. Having gained publicity for solving a high-profile murder case, the detectives allow him to work with them again. This story is slimmer than the twisty plots of Inugami and Village, but is graced by the presence of Chiaki Kuriyama (Battle Royale, Kill Bill Vol. 1, The Great Yokai War) in the title role.
Top Cast
Goro Inagaki
Kosuke Kindaichi
Chiaki Kuriyama
Tomoko Daidoji / Kotoe Daidoji
Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Rentaro Tamon
Fumiyo Kohinata
Seishi Yokomizo
Satomi Tezuka
Kamio Hideko
Ryo Ishibashi
Kinzo Daidoji
Shirô Namiki
Ryohei Inami
Shinsuke Aoki
Saburo Yusa
Sansei Shiomi
Chief Tachibana
Shota Sometani
Fumihiko Daidoji
Kazuki Namioka
Kinzo Daidoji (Young)
Tetta Sugimoto
Ryuma Tsukumo
Masaya Takahashi
Mansaku Ikeuchi
Taijiro Komai
Masayuki Yorozu
Tatsuya Kusakabe
Toshihiro Yashiba
