A long-established inn in Saku City, Nagano Prefecture, which was used for filming the movie "Inugami Family" released in 1976, in which the famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi plays an active role, will be closed by the end of May this year, and many movies will be released. Fans have voiced their condolences.
Idenoya Ryokan, located in Mochizuki-juku on the former Nakasendo Road in Saku City, will be closed.
The three-story wooden building is about 100 years old. It was used as a Japanese restaurant in the early Showa period, but after the war it continued to operate as an inn.
According to the proprietor Tadaaki Ide (81) and Katsuko (79), the hotel where director Kon Ichikawa, who worked on the movie, liked the structure with stairs as soon as he opened the entrance, and Kosuke Kindaichi, who plays Koji Ishizaka, stayed. It will appear as
During the filming, he couldn't make a single noise, so Tadaaki kept the phone up so that the phone wouldn't ring and was careful not to cough.
The ryokan is still the same as when it was filmed, and the autographs of Mr. Ishizaka and Ms. Ryoko Sakaguchi, who appeared as a maid, are carefully displayed in the hall.
According to Tadaaki, both the couple were old and had bad backs, so they decided to close the business at the end of May and put the building up for sale.
Since the sale was decided, about 15 people who are thinking about buying have visited the tour, and the number of guests has increased.
Tadaaki said, ``Most of the people who have reservations now are fans of the Inugami family, and I think the power of the movie is amazing. I was talking.