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.
| Writing | Seishi Yokomizo | Novel |
| Editing | Nobuo Ogawa | Editor |
| Writing | Kon Ichikawa | Screenplay |
| Directing | Kon Ichikawa | Director |
| Editing | Chizuko Osada | Editor |
| Camera | Kiyoshi Hasegawa | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Nobuyuki Tanaka | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Kojiro Sato | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Shinobu Muraki | Art Direction |
| Sound | Kunihiko Murai | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Shin'ichi Tanabe | Music Arranger |
| Production | Osamu Tanaka | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kon Ichikawa | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mitsuo Fujita | Co-Executive Producer |