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Kindaichi Case Files : Deep Blue Massacre

1999 · 92 min

A locked-room whodunit on an island resort, steadily tightening its web of suspicion as hidden identities surface.

Directed by
Daisuke Nishio
Genres
Animation, Mystery
Starring
Taiki Matsuno, Akiko Nakagawa, Jurota Kosugi
Overview
Kindaichi, Miyuki and Fumi are invited to the resort of the Deep Blue Island by their senpai Akane, the daughter of the president of the Aizawa Group. A group of criminals infiltrate the hotel diguised as waiters to kill the members of the Aizawa Group. The criminals don't know their boss in person, and they don't know either that he's in the hotel with the members of the Aizawa Group.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Daisuke Nishio
Genres
Animation, Mystery
Starring
Taiki Matsuno, Akiko Nakagawa, Jurota Kosugi
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • deception
  • betrayal
  • crime
  • family
Places
  • single country house
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour3
Realism5
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
animation, mystery
Directed by
Daisuke Nishio
Written by
Michiru Shimada
Starring
Taiki Matsuno, Akiko Nakagawa, Jurota Kosugi, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Hiroaki Hirata, Haruna Ikezawa, Gorō Naya, Atsuko Tanaka
Music
Kaoru Wada
Runtime
92 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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