The Files of Young Kindaichi: Jungle School Murder Mystery

2014 2h 33m JA

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7.8

BANGER

★7.8TMDB · 5

Mystery

Synopsis

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Hajime finds it difficult to graduate to the next grade at school. His friend Miyuki tells Hajime to study at a private school which is famous for its strictness. At that school, Hajime uncovers a death caused by non-natural reasons. He's challenged by a genius crime producer. ~~ Based on the manga series "Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo Gokumon Juku Satsujin Jiken" by Seimaru Amagi and Fumiya Sato.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Ryosuke Yamada
Hajime Kindaichi
Haruna Kawaguchi
Miyuki Nanase
Daiki Arioka
Ryuji Saki
Hiroki Narimiya
Yoichi Takato
Wu Chun
Detective Li Bai Long
Kazuki Kitamura
Takayuki Ujiie
Haru
Akiko Hama
Louis Kurihara
Toru Kirisawa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Seiichi Nagumo
Writers: Shin Kibayashi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 153 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Files of Young Kindaichi Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Akira Mitake. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Ryosuke Yamada and Haruna Kawaguchi and Daiki Arioka carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3185090 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Seiichi Nagumo directs. Akira Mitake scores. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 153 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 12 years ago.
3Part of the "The Files of Young Kindaichi Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Original score by Akira Mitake. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Ryosuke Yamada and Haruna Kawaguchi and Daiki Arioka carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt3185090 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.