The Boy Detectives Club – The No-Headed Man

1958 0h 56m JA

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★7.0TMDB · 1

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Synopsis

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Eighth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Susumu Namishima
Kogoro Akechi
Hitomi Nakahara
Mariko
Yūnosuke Itō
The Fiend with Twenty Faces
Hiroshi Yamate
Kobayashi
Yasushi Obata
Shimada
Mitsue Komiya
Mitsue
Sanae Mitsuoka
Akiko Shimada
Akiko Kazami
Lady Shimada

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tsuneo Kobayashi
Writers: Rampo Edogawa, Tadashi Ogawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 56-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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68 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tsuneo Kobayashi, shot by Shizuka Fujii. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Susumu Namishima and Hitomi Nakahara and Yūnosuke Itō carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0224106 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tsuneo Kobayashi directs. Shizuka Fujii behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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1Tight 56-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
268 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Tsuneo Kobayashi, shot by Shizuka Fujii. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Susumu Namishima and Hitomi Nakahara and Yūnosuke Itō carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0224106 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.