The best Takeshi Katō’s mystery movies

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

24/05/1929- 31/07/2015
Today we present the best Takeshi Katō’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Takeshi Katō’s movies.

High and Low

High and Low
8.4/10
An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.

The Inugamis

The Inugamis
7.2/10
  • Genre: HorrorMystery
  • Release: 16/10/1976
  • Character: Tachibana Keisatsu Shochou
When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons, pitting blood against blood.

Lullaby to Kill

Lullaby to Kill
6.8/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 02/04/1977
  • Character: Inspector Tachibana
Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolved murder. Then some murders happen. Kindaichi must find out about the past in order to reveal who the murderer is.

Island of Hell

Island of Hell
6.4/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 27/08/1977
  • Character: Inspector Todoroki
A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.

The 8-Tomb Village

The 8-Tomb Village
6.2/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 26/10/1996
  • Character: Inspector Todoroki
A band of samurai warriors places a curse on a family fortune thus frustrating the heir 4 centuries later. Despite the Asian setting, it has a sort of strong sense of the gothic that brings to mind the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Queen Bee

Queen Bee
6.4/10
In order to solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji family's country estate, family secrets and lies dating back several generations must be sorted out once and for all.

Noh Mask Murders

Noh Mask Murders
5.5/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 15/03/1991
  • Character: Assistant Inspector Senba
The patriarch of a bickering family announces his retirement, stirring competition about who will succeed him as a leading practitioner of Noh theater, his granddaughter or grandson.

The House of Hanging

The House of Hanging
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 26/05/1979
  • Character: Inspector Todoroki
This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion and doubt clouds Kousuke's mind.

Voice from the Dark

Voice from the Dark
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 16/07/1983
  • Character: Toyokichi Kuze
A woman fears for the safety of her fiance after his three brothers mysteriously disappear.

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