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Detective Story (1983 film)

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Detective Story
Directed byKichitaro Negishi
StarringHiroko Yakushimaru
Yūsaku Matsuda
Music byKazuhiko Katō
Production
company
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • July 16, 1983 (1983-07-16)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥2.8 billion (Japan rentals)[1]

Detective Story (Japanese: 探偵物語, Hepburn: Tantei Monogatari) is a 1983 Japanese film directed by Kichitaro Negishi.

Synopsis

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Naomi is a rich university student about to leave on a trip to America. Her father hires detective Shuichi Tsujiyama to watch over her, a situation that pleases neither Naomi or Shuichi. Things get complicated when Shuichi's ex-wife is suspected in the murder of a love hotel manager. Naomi and Shuichi join up to investigate the murder which may involve yakuza gangsters.

Cast

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Background

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Detective Story, director Negishi's third mainstream film, was based on a novel by mystery writer Jirō Akagawa.[2] Lead actor Yūsaku Matsuda also played the role of a detective (Shunsaku Kudo) in the 1979-1980 TV series Tantei Monogatari (Detective Story) but the film is unrelated to the TV series.[3] The film was released in Japan on VHS tape in December 1989,[4] and as a DVD in December 2000.[5]

Reception

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It became the number two Japanese film on the domestic market in 1983, earning ¥2.8 billion in distributor rental income, behind Antarctica,[1] and also the second highest-grossing Japanese film of all time.[6]

Awards and nominations

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8th Hochi Film Award[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Kako haikyū shūnyū jōi sakuhin 1983-nen" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  2. ^ 探偵物語 (in Japanese). JMDB. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  3. ^ "Tantei Monogatari TV series". LeMoDa. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  4. ^ "探偵物語 (VHS)" (in Japanese). www.amazon.co.jp. December 1989. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  5. ^ "探偵物語 (DVD)" (in Japanese). www.amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  6. ^ "Domestic box-office winners in Japan". Variety. August 15, 1990. p. 39.
  7. ^ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2011-03-25. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
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