Island of the Evil Spirits

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Island of the Evil Spirits

1981

2h 11m

6.2(6 votes)

Drama

Horror

Mystery

Overview

Renowned detective Kosuke Kindaichi is called to an island where a dying man's words lead him to investigate a series of murders connected to the 'Nue' legend and the powerful Osakabe family, who separate twins at birth.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Takeshi Kaga

Kosuke Kindaichi

Hideo Murota

Inspector Isokawa

Masato Furuoya

Goro Mitsuki

Jūzō Itami

Ryuhei Ochi

Shima Iwashita

Tomoe Goryōnin / Fubuki

Kayoko Kishimoto

Maho / Kataho

Junko Miyashita

Goryōnin in Onomichi

Sayoko Ninomiya

Goryōnin in Hiroshima

Yutaka Nakajima

Katsuko Matsumoto

Michiko Otsuka

Taneko Ochi

Creative team

Directed by: Masahiro Shinoda
Written by: Kunio Shimizu
Produced by: Shinichi Hashimoto
Seikichi Iizumi

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