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Queen Bee
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Queen Bee 1978 Directed by Kon Ichikawa 女王蜂

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Horror , Mystery , Thriller
Production Company Toho Pictures
Release Date 11 February 1978
140 mins
Cast
Koji Ishizaka
Koji Ishizaka Kosuke Kindaichi
Keiko Kishi
Keiko Kishi Hideko Kamio
Yōko Tsukasa
Yōko Tsukasa Tsutayo
Mieko Takamine
Mieko Takamine Takako Higashikoji
Kie Nakai
Kie Nakai Tomoko Daidoji
Masaya Oki
Masaya Oki Rentaro Tamon
Mitsuko Kusabue
Mitsuko Kusabue Otomi
Ryoko Sakaguchi
Ryoko Sakaguchi Oaki
Midori Hagio
Midori Hagio Kotoe Daidoji
Takeshi Katō
Takeshi Katō Detective Todoroki
Shigeru Kōyama
Shigeru Kōyama Tsukumo
Akiji Kobayashi
Akiji Kobayashi Detective Kogure
Hideji Ōtaki
Hideji Ōtaki Lawyer Kano
Fujio Tokita
Fujio Tokita
Kimihiro Reizei
Kimihiro Reizei Detective Kurosawa
Toru Takeuchi
Toru Takeuchi
Akira Hanagami
Akira Hanagami
Kayoko Shiraishi
Kayoko Shiraishi Rui Hayami
Junzaburō Ban
Junzaburō Ban Police Yamamoto
Norihei Miki
Norihei Miki Arashi
Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai Ginzo Daidoji
Hiroyuki Takano
Hiroyuki Takano Fumihiko Daidoji
Takeshi Sasaki
Takeshi Sasaki Taijiro Komai
Katsuhiko Sasaki
Katsuhiko Sasaki Hitoshi Kusakabe
Hisayuki Nakajima
Hisayuki Nakajima Yoshifumi Akanezaki
Crew
Director
Kon Ichikawa
Kon Ichikawa
Writers
Shinya Hidaka
Shinya Hidaka
Kon Ichikawa
Kon Ichikawa
Chiho Katsura
Chiho Katsura
Executive Producers
Osamu Tanaka
Osamu Tanaka
Kazuo Baba
Kazuo Baba
Cinematography
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Composer
Shin'ichi Tanabe
Shin'ichi Tanabe
Editor
Nobuo Ogawa
Nobuo Ogawa
Original Writer
Seishi Yokomizo
Seishi Yokomizo
Art Direction
Iwao Akune
Iwao Akune
Lighting
Kojiro Sato
Kojiro Sato
Part of Kosuke Kindaichi Collection
Ghost Man
The Vampire Moth
Devil's Nursery Rhyme
The Inugami Family
Lullaby to Kill
Island of Hell
Village of Eight Gravestones
The House of Hanging
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
Island of the Evil Spirits
The 8-Tomb Village
Murder of the Inugami Clan