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Kindaichi Case Files Gets Live-Action Special Set in Malaysia
posted on by Egan Loo
played Kindaichi in this past January's television special Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo: Hong Kong Kyūryū Zaihou Satsujin Jiken (Kindaichi Case Files: The Hong Kong Kowloon Treasure Murder Case, pictured right).
The setting of next January's special is the jungles of Malaysia. (This special will be NTV's first co-production with a Malaysian television station.) In the story, Kindaichi s his childhood friend Miyuki Nanase in Sparta, a prestigious "prison" cram school. There, they uncover a mysterious death, which turns out to be a taunting challenge from a brilliant producer with criminal dealings throughout the world.
Hiroki Narimiya (pictured right) will play Yōichi Takato, a nefarious mastermind and Kindaichi's eternal nemesis.
Yamada is the fourth live-action actor to play Kindaichi. The previous actors were Kazuya Kamenashi.
Tokyopop published part of the manga in North America.
The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper's Mantan Web site posted more photographs of the cast.
Source: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
