A train murder, a failed arranged marriage, and a daughter who out-sleuths her useless dad.
A murder occurs at the hotel where the detective father's arranged marriage meeting was held. The amateur detective daughter and her useless detective father team up to investigate. The second instalment in the ‘Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Window-Side Detective’ series
Acting
Naoko Kawai's exasperated daughter energy carries every scene.
Production
Gloriously dated hotel interiors, peak late-Showa aesthetic.
Director
Kunihiko Yamamoto
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'office lady' (OL) archetype exploded in 1980s Japan as both aspirational and ironically subversive—a pretty, smart woman in a dead-end corporate role who solves what men cannot.
This is the SECOND film in a series where the titles keep getting longer; the 'Window-Side Detective' became 'Backseat Detective' because apparently even the naming conventions gave up on dad.
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