Detective Story (探偵物語) 40 years old

Detective Story

Naomi is a university student who is leaving for the US to study in a week; Shuichi is a washed-up gumshoe who's hired by Naomi's father to bodygard his daughter until she leaves. Shuichi finds the job annoying and wants to quit. But he also has a screwed-up ex and alimony to pay. Things go from bad to worse when Naomi and Shuichi stumble upon a murder which might involve the yakuza. They decide to find out who committed the murder but God knows what it will lead to.

Credits

Detective Story Cast

Name Character
Yûsuke Nagumo as Man in black suit D
Yusaku Matsuda He was 33, 40 years old when he died as Shuichi Tsujiyama
Hiroko Yakushimaru She was 19, now 59 years old as Naomi Arai
Keizō Kanie He was 38, 69 years old when he died as Detective Takamine
Takashi Shikauchi He was 42, now 83 years old as Kazuya Kunizaki
Susumu Fujita He was 71, 78 years old when he died as Gozo Kunizaki
Kyōko Kishida She was 53, 76 years old when she died as Kimie Hasenuma
Yuki Kitazume as Yutaka Nagai
Hyôe Enoki He was 55, now 96 years old as Apartment Tenant
Kikuzo Hayashiya
Noboru Mitani He was 51, now 92 years old as Love hotel manager
Akiko Nakamura She was 35, now 76 years old as Michiyo Kunizaki
Ichirô Zaitsu He was 49, now 90 years old as Okano
Strong Kongo as Wada
Michihiro Yamanishi He was 35, now 76 years old as Sato
Yoshihiro Kato

Detective Story Crew

Name Department
Mitsuru Kurosawa as Producer. He was 38 (now 79) years old Production
Akira Suzuki as Editor. He was 52 (83) years old when He died Editing
Mitsuo Watanabe as Lighting Technician. He was 30 (57) years old when He died Lighting
Haruki Kadokawa as Executive Producer. He was 41 (now 82) years old Production
Hiroshi Tokuda as Art Direction. Art
Jirô Akagawa as Novel. Writing
Toshio Kamata as Screenplay. He was 45 (now 86) years old Writing
Kichitaro Negishi as Director. He was 32 (now 73) years old Directing
Kazuhiko Katō as Original Music Composer. He was 36 (62) years old when He died Sound
Detective Story poster
Detective Story (40 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, July 16, 1983
  • Runtime: 111 minutes