Chiaki Kuriyama plays twins, and someone's about to die twice as hard.
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.
Acting
Chiaki Kuriyama's dual performance is deliciously unhinged.
Costume
That scruffy sunhat deserves its own billing.
Director
Mamoru Hoshi
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
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fumiyo Kohinata plays series creator Seishi Yokomizo himself—a meta-wink only mystery nerds will catch.
The 'queen bee' title nods to post-war Japan's anxiety about women inheriting family empires.
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