Detective Story (1983 film)

Detective Story
Detective Story
Directed by	Kichitaro Negishi
Starring	Hiroko Yakushimaru; Yūsaku Matsuda
Music by	Kazuhiko Katō
Production; company	Haruki Kadokawa
Distributed by	Toei Company
Release date	July 16, 1983;
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Detective Story (Japanese: 探偵物語, Hepburn: Tantei Monogatari) is a 1983 Japanese film directed by Kichitaro Negishi.

Synopsis[]

Naomi is a rich university student about to leave on a trip to America. Her father hires detective Shuichi Tsujiyama to watch over her, a situation that pleases neither Naomi or Shuichi. Things get complicated when Shuichi's ex-wife is suspected in the murder of a love hotel manager. Naomi and Shuichi join up to investigate the murder which may involve yakuza gangsters.

Cast[]

Hiroko Yakushimaru as Naomi Arai
Yūsaku Matsuda as Shuichi Tsujiyama
Risa Akikawa (秋川リサ) as Yukiko Naoki
Kyōko Kishida as Kimie Hasenuma
Yuki Kitazume (北詰友樹) as Yutaka Nagai
Miwa Sakagami (坂上味和) as Masako Shindo
Strong Kongō (ストロング金剛) as Wada
Noboru Mitani (三谷昇) as the Love hotel manager
Susumu Fujita as Gozo Kunizaki

Background[]

Detective Story, director Negishi's third mainstream film, was based on a novel by mystery writer Jirō Akagawa.^[1] Lead actor Yūsaku Matsuda also played the role of a detective (Shunsaku Kudo) in the 1979-1980 TV series Tantei Monogatari (Detective Story) but the film is unrelated to the TV series.^[2] The film was released in Japan on VHS tape in December 1989,^[3] and as a DVD in December 2000.^[4]

Awards and nominations[]

8th Hochi Film Award^[5]

Won: Best Actor – Yūsaku Matsuda

References[]

^ 探偵物語 (in Japanese). JMDB. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
^ "Tantei Monogatari TV series". LeMoDa. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
^ "探偵物語 (VHS)" (in Japanese). www.amazon.co.jp. December 1989. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
^ "探偵物語 (DVD)" (in Japanese). www.amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
^ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2011-03-25. Retrieved 2010-01-25.

External links[]

"Detective Story" (in Japanese). JMDB.
"Detective Story at AllCinema" (in Japanese).
Detective Story at IMDb

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[1] 探偵物語 (in Japanese). JMDB. Retrieved 2011-11-26.

[2] "Tantei Monogatari TV series". LeMoDa. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2011-11-26.

[3] "探偵物語 (VHS)" (in Japanese). www.amazon.co.jp. December 1989. Retrieved 2011-11-26.

[4] "探偵物語 (DVD)" (in Japanese). www.amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2011-11-26.

[5] 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2011-03-25. Retrieved 2010-01-25.

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