Genius detective vs. genius criminal in a deadly summer school from hell.
Hajime finds it difficult to graduate to the next grade at school. His friend Miyuki tells Hajime to study at a private school which is famous for its strictness. At that school, Hajime uncovers a death caused by non-natural reasons. He's challenged by a genius crime producer. ~~ Based on the manga series "Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo Gokumon Juku Satsujin Jiken" by Seimaru Amagi and Fumiya Sato.
Acting
Yamada's exhausted genius energy vs. Narimiya's theatrical villainy.
Writing
Locked-room mechanics that actually play fair with clues.
Director
Seiichi Nagumo
Ryosuke Yamada
Hajime Kindaichi
Haruna Kawaguchi
Miyuki Nanase
Daiki Arioka
Ryuji Saki
Hiroki Narimiya
Yoichi Takato
Wu Chun
Detective Li Bai Long
Kazuki Kitamura
Takayuki Ujiie
Haru
Akiko Hama
Louis Kurihara
Toru Kirisawa
Austin Lin
Lin Zhixiong
Jasper Liu
Chen Jianlong
Ayaka Miyoshi
Seiko Shikibu
Hideyuki Kasahara
Kohei Dojima
Goki Maeda
Manabu Nakayashiki
Nichkhun Horvejkul
Ma Taichi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gokumon Juku parodies Japan's infamous exam-prep 'cram schools,' amplifying real educational anxiety into murderous satire.
Wu Chun's casting as Detective Li was a deliberate cross-promotion—he was already a massive star in Taiwan, making this the rare Kindaichi case with intentional international appeal.
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