The Files of Young Kindaichi: Legend of the Shanghai Mermaid

Detective kid meets Shanghai noir. A circus murder drags the teenage sleuth into a 4,000-year-old mermaid myth. A sharp-eyed teen unravels both.

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Yukihiko Tsutsumi directed The Files of Young Kindaichi: Legend of the Shanghai Mermaid in 1997. See Yukihiko Tsutsumi's full filmography, where to start with Yukihiko Tsutsumi, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yukihiko Tsutsumi.

The Files of Young Kindaichi: Legend of the Shanghai Mermaid was released in 1997 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 116 minutes.