I grabbed a copy of this one (also known as “Files of Young Kindaichi) because of Jun Matsumoto ’coz I thought it is one of his newer series but I was wrong…he was much younger here.
Based on a manga with the same title, “Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo” has only nine installments but it’s not new mystery per episode. Episodes 1 & 2 deals with “Captain Ghost”; Episode 2, “Coin of the Dead”; Episodes 3 to 5, “The Butterfly House”; Episode 6, “The Photographer”; Episode 7, “Cerberus: The Guard Dog of Hell”; and Episodes 8 & 9, “The Lucia Castle.”
The protagonist is Kindaichi Hajime (Matsumoto), grandson of the famous detective Kindaichi Kosuke, who has an 180 IQ. The story is a mix of suspense, mystery, thriller with bits of romance and comedy. It is full of flashbacks to show the background of the crime and the way it was perpetrated. This is the third live series version made in 2005, where the first one was done in 1995 having Tsuyoshi Domoto of Kinki Kids pop group in the lead role and the second in 2001 with Kazuya Kamenashi of Kat-Tun. However, I can’t compare this third version with the two earlier because I haven’t watch it.
Kindaichi’s female counterpart is Nanase Miyuki played by Suzuki Anne while Naitou Takashi portrays Kenmochi Tsuyoshi, his uncle policeman, who also help them in solving mysteries.
The part that I find cute here is when Kindaichi asked Miyuki, aboard a ship, to raise her hands (like what the characters of Rose and Jack did in the movie “Titanic”). But when she did, Miyuki discovered that behind her, Kindaichi and Kenmoshi were the ones doing the infamous pose, hahah!
The most creepy part in the series is seeing Ruri, the little girl, and his father, Madarame Shimon, in separate incidents, dead. That was so eerie!
At any rate, I tend to fast forward because some scenes really freaked me out and I was watching alone at night. So if you are into scary things, this series is the best for you.
Based on a manga with the same title, “Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo” has only nine installments but it’s not new mystery per episode. Episodes 1 & 2 deals with “Captain Ghost”; Episode 2, “Coin of the Dead”; Episodes 3 to 5, “The Butterfly House”; Episode 6, “The Photographer”; Episode 7, “Cerberus: The Guard Dog of Hell”; and Episodes 8 & 9, “The Lucia Castle.”
The protagonist is Kindaichi Hajime (Matsumoto), grandson of the famous detective Kindaichi Kosuke, who has an 180 IQ. The story is a mix of suspense, mystery, thriller with bits of romance and comedy. It is full of flashbacks to show the background of the crime and the way it was perpetrated. This is the third live series version made in 2005, where the first one was done in 1995 having Tsuyoshi Domoto of Kinki Kids pop group in the lead role and the second in 2001 with Kazuya Kamenashi of Kat-Tun. However, I can’t compare this third version with the two earlier because I haven’t watch it.
Kindaichi’s female counterpart is Nanase Miyuki played by Suzuki Anne while Naitou Takashi portrays Kenmochi Tsuyoshi, his uncle policeman, who also help them in solving mysteries.
The part that I find cute here is when Kindaichi asked Miyuki, aboard a ship, to raise her hands (like what the characters of Rose and Jack did in the movie “Titanic”). But when she did, Miyuki discovered that behind her, Kindaichi and Kenmoshi were the ones doing the infamous pose, hahah!
The most creepy part in the series is seeing Ruri, the little girl, and his father, Madarame Shimon, in separate incidents, dead. That was so eerie!
At any rate, I tend to fast forward because some scenes really freaked me out and I was watching alone at night. So if you are into scary things, this series is the best for you.
* photo credit to blackholereviews
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