Synopsis

Based on the mystery novel The Village of Eight Graves: Kindaichi Kosuke File 1 by Yokomizo Seishi, the story is set in a cursed village known as Eight Graves Village, a place haunted by resentment ever since eight samurai were brutally massacred by villagers blinded by greed.
University student Igawa Tatsuya travels to Eight Graves Village alongside the eccentric detective Kindaichi Kosuke in order to uncover the roots of his late mother’s family history. As if timed to coincide with Tatsuya’s return, a series of baffling murders begins to unfold in the village. Tatsuya, who is the rightful heir to the vast fortune of the prestigious Tajimi family, soon finds himself at the center of a deadly mystery involving inheritance, long-buried grudges, and a village’s dark past.