Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee ( 2006 )

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

Sogen Tanaka