

144 minutes
4/2/1977
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.

Koji Ishizaka
as Kosuke Kindaichi

Tomisaburō Wakayama
as Insp. Isokawa

Keiko Kishi
as Rika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu)

Akiko Nishina
as Chie Bessho (Harue's daughter)

Koji Kita
as Kanao Aochi (Rika's son)

Yoko Takahashi
as Yasuko Yura (Atsuko's daughter, Toshiro's younger sister)

Mitsuko Kusabue
as Atsuko Yura - Yasuko's Mother

Hisano Yamaoka
as Ito Izutsu

Michiko Hayashi
as Omiki (maid at the Kamenoyu)

Misako Watanabe
as Harue Bessho - Chi'e's Mother

Takeshi Katō
as Inspector Tachibana

Hideji Ōtaki
as Dr. Gondô

Nobuo Nakamura
as Hôan Tatara
Nobuto Okamoto
as Patrolman Nakamura

Eiko Nagashima
as Satoko Aochi (Rika's daughter, Kanao's younger sister)
Yukiko Nagano
as Fumiko Nire (the eldest daughter)

Kayoko Shiraishi
as Sakie Tsukasa (Kahei's younger sister)

Fujio Tokita
as Tatsuzô - Harue's Elder Brother

Akiji Kobayashi
as Koreya Kusakabe (manager)

Kazunaga Tsuji
as Detective Nozu

Takao Zushi
as Toshiro Yura (Atsuko's son)

Baku Ohwada

Tetsuya Ushio
as Ryuji Nire (the second son)

Keiko Tomita
as Michiko Nire (Naota's wife)
Setsuko Kawaguchi
as Eiko Yura - Toshirô's Wife
Shizuko Azuma
Yoshie Kihira

Isao Kishimoto
Ben Yuzawa
Shunsui Matsuda

Riki Harada
Bunji Hayata
Daikei Shimizu

Norihei Miki
as Jûbei Noro - Genjirô's Colleague

Ryūtarō Tatsumi
as Kahei Nire (scale maker)