Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee
女王蜂
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.
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Shirô Namiki
as Ryohei Inami
Masaya Takahashi
Goro Inagaki
as Kosuke Kindaichi
Mitsuhiro Oikawa
as Rentaro Tamon
Ryo Ishibashi
as Kinzo Daidoji
Shinsuke Aoki
as Saburo Yusa
Masayuki Yorozu
as Tatsuya Kusakabe
Chiaki Kuriyama
as Tomoko Daidoji / Kotoe Daidoji
Satomi Tezuka
as Kamio Hideko
Shota Sometani
as Fumihiko Daidoji
Tetta Sugimoto
as Ryuma Tsukumo
Mansaku Ikeuchi
as Taijiro Komai
Toshihiro Yashiba
Sogen Tanaka
Fumiyo Kohinata
as Seishi Yokomizo
Sansei Shiomi
as Chief Tachibana
Kazuki Namioka
as Kinzo Daidoji (Young)
