The Files of Young Kindaichi First & Second Series Blu-ray Box

Past Kindaichi television dramas come to Blu-ray and DVD!

From the long-loved Kindaichi series, productions starring Tsuyoshi Domoto, Jun Matsumoto and Kazuya Kamenashi were announced for successive releases. Since its first television broadcast in 1995, The Files of Young Kindaichi has been a huge hit, winning support across generations and building a series that stands as a landmark of mystery-solving television drama. In April 2022, Shunsuke Michieda of Naniwa Danshi took on the role of Hajime Kindaichi as its fifth actor, with a new series beginning after approximately eight years.

In 2022, the original manga The Files of Young Kindaichi also celebrated thirty years since serialisation began in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine. A major hit with fans around the world, its circulation exceeded 100 million copies across twelve countries, earning enormous support abroad as well as in Japan. The previously broadcast productions starring first-generation Kindaichi actor Tsuyoshi Domoto, second-generation actor Jun Matsumoto and third-generation actor Kazuya Kamenashi were announced for Blu-ray and DVD. Enjoy the world of Kindaichi on home video!

This particular set contains the First and Second Series starring Tsuyoshi Domoto, the original Hajime Kindaichi. The first series that opened the Kindaichi drama franchise arrives on Blu-ray for the first time, remastered for cleaner picture quality! The First Series is presented in its director's-cut version. Two special dramas and sixteen regular-series episodes are collected together, for eighteen episodes in total. The other actors' series described in the historical release announcement are separate products and are not included in this box.

Included programmes Special drama: The School's Seven Mysteries Murder Case.

First Series The Lake of Tragic Love Murder Case. The Opera House Murder Case. The Treasure Island Murder Case. The Hanging School Murder Case. The Headless Village Murder Case. The Wax Castle Murder Case. The Wax Castle Murder Case — Conclusion.

Special drama: The Snow Demon Legend Murder Case.

Second Series The Devil's Suite Murder Case. The Tarot Lodge Murder Case. The Tarot Lodge Murder Case — Conclusion. The Murder of Hajime Kindaichi. The Gentleman Thief's Murder. The Gentleman Thief's Murder — Conclusion. The Foreigners' Hotel Murder Case. The Graveyard Island Murder Case. The Graveyard Island Murder Case — Conclusion.

Video extra Hitori ja Nai — Not Alone — full-chorus version. This is the same bonus footage included in The School's Seven Mysteries Murder Case release, catalogue.

Included physical extras A twelve-page booklet. Three postcards. The external B 6-size original clear folder advertised by VAP Store is a quantity-limited retailer gift and is not included with this Amazon edition. The specialist catalogue also lists that external gift as no longer available.

Edition and bonus contents may change without notice. Historical series and manga figures are retained as information from the publisher's 2022 release announcement. The original front and back cover images are reproduced unchanged.