Decided to catch this movie since I like the "Kindaichi-style" of solving mystery cases. Well, this is a 2006 movie starring Matsushima Nanako. Perhaps i should mention Fukada Kyoko as well, though she only played a minor role here. The detective here - Kindaichi Kousuke, is the grandfather of Kindaichi Hajime ( the young detective we know from japanese dramas). Though this is a 06 film, the movie backdrop and setting were rather old-styled. Very old fashioned...but don't worry, the pace and the storyline were very good. There's a similar movie filmed by the same director Ichikawa Kon in 1976, but i think there's some diff in the storyline.Well, the movie was very straightforward, i could finally guess the murderer after Sukekiyo was killed. But of coz, we also wld know that the real Sukekiyo was hiding somewhere.
The only part which i didn't like was the fake blood. Fresh red colour, kinda like red paint....haha!
The actor Onoe Kikunosuke, who acted as Shizuma looked really digusting with the makeup as Shizuma had a scarred face, however, he happened to be the same fella who acted as the real Sukekiyo. What a difference! Ha...he's a kabuki actor, no wonder la..he just looked different from normal actors.
My 2 hrs and 16 mins was worthwhile...nice movie! If you used to be a Kindaichi fan, shld give this movie a try.
