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Kosuke Kindaichi Collection
Movie Saga1976 – 2006

Kosuke Kindaichi Collection

6 Films
6.7 Avg Rating
$10.6M Saga Box Office
7.09x Commercial Multiplier

A series of films about private detective Kosuke Kindaichi solving murder cases. Starring Koji Ishizaka in the titular role, directed by Kon Ichikawa.

Franchise Box Office Economics

Combined theatrical financials and commercial performance across all 6 installments.

Global Blockbuster Saga (7.09x ROI)

Total Worldwide Gross

$10.6M

Cumulative box office receipts

Total Production Budget

$1.5M

Combined studio investments

Average Gross / Film

$1.8M

Average theatrical return

Commercial Multiple

7.09x

Worldwide Gross vs Budget

Films in Saga(6)

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The Inugami Family
6.8(41)2h 26m

When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons, pitting blood against blood.

Lullaby to Kill
6.6(15)2h 24m

Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolved murder. Then some murders happen. Kindaichi must find out about the past in order to reveal who the murderer is.

Island of Hell
6.2(5)2h 21m

A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.

Queen Bee
#4Queen Bee(1978)
7.6(8)2h 20m

To solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji family's country estate, family secrets and lies dating back several generations must be sorted out once and for all.

The House of Hanging
6.2(4)2h 19m

This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion and doubt clouds Kousuke's mind.

Murder of the Inugami Clan
6.9(17)2h 14m

Inugami Sahei, who built up the wealth of the Inugami Clan, passes away, leaving a will with Furudate, his legal adviser, for his daughters Matsuko, Takeko and Umeko, all of whom have different mothers, and for their sons, as well as for Nonomiya Tamayo, the granddaughter of a person to whom Sahei feels heavily indebted. The will states that all his assets are inherited by Tamayo alone, on the condition that she marries one of the sons of the daughters. Furudate's assistant learns the content of the will, and seeks advice from Kindaichi Kosuke, a private detective, as he senses the air of unease. Shortly afterwards, murders start to occur one after another in the clan.