Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on the novel Queen Bee
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Setting
Set in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan and Kyoto Prefecture
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Sequels
Follows The Devil's Island and is followed by The House of Hanging
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Collection
Part of Kosuke Kindaichi Collection
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Music
Music by Shin'ichi Tanabe
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Shinya HidakaWriter
- Kon IchikawaWriter
- Chiho KatsuraWriter
- Seishi YokomizoNovel
- Original title
- 女王蜂
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 11, 1978
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Collection
- Kosuke Kindaichi Collection
Production
Cast
Koji IshizakaKosuke Kindaichi
Keiko KishiHideko Kamio
Yōko TsukasaTsutayo
Mieko TakamineTakako Higashikoji
Kie NakaiTomoko Daidoji
Masaya OkiRentaro Tamon
Mitsuko KusabueOtomi
Ryoko SakaguchiOaki
Midori HagioKotoe Daidoji
Takeshi KatōDetective Todoroki
Shigeru KōyamaTsukumo
Akiji KobayashiDetective Kogure
Hideji ŌtakiLawyer Kano
Fujio Tokita
Kimihiro ReizeiDetective Kurosawa- Toru Takeuchi
- Akira Hanaue
Kayoko ShiraishiRui Hayami
Junzaburō BanPolice Yamamoto
Norihei MikiArashi
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