''Rhyme of Vengeance'' ( ja, 女王蜂) is a 1978

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ese film, directed by

Kon Ichikawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His work displays a vast range in genre and style, from the anti-war films '' The Burmese Harp'' (1956) and '' Fires on the Plain'' (1959), to the documentary ''Tokyo Olympiad'' (1965), which won t ...

. It is based on

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's novel of the same title. It is 4th in

and

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`s Kindaichi film series.

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In the Daidoji family of

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*, Japane ...

, a man accomplished a mortal death.

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visits the Daidoji family to investigate the case at the request of lawyer Kanoh in

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immediately after the incident.

Cast

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as Hediko Kamio * Takeshi Katō as Detective Todoroki *

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as Otomi *

Shigeru Kōyama was a Japanese actor. Career Born in Kure, Hiroshima, Kōyama joined the Bungakuza theatre troupe in 1952, first as a directorial assistant and then as an actor. He made his film debut in 1953 in Tadashi Imai's ''An Inlet of Muddy Water''. He l ...

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as Hitoshi *

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as Detective Kogure *Ryōko Sakaguchi as Oaki *

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as Arashi Sanchō *Tarō Ishida as Usa Saburō *Tsuyoshi Sasaki as Komai *

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as Kanō *

Kie Nakai is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 7th Yokohama Film Festival for ''Kanashii kibun de joke''. Filmography * ''Rhyme of Vengeance'' (1978) * ''Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie'' (1979) * ''Conquest'' (1982) * ...

as Tomoko Daidōji *

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as Rentarō Tamon *

Tatsuya Nakadai is a Japanese film actor. He was featured in 11 films directed by Masaki Kobayashi, including ''The Human Condition'' trilogy, wherein he starred as the lead character Kaji, plus ''Harakiri'', ''Samurai Rebellion'' and ''Kwaidan''. Nakadai wor ...

as Ginzō Daidōji

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* Films directed by Kon Ichikawa Films with screenplays by Kon Ichikawa 1970s Japanese films {{1970s-Japan-film-stub

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