![]() Goro is eventually revealed to be one of the twins, and he has tracked down his real parents to an affair Iwashita had with a local boy now made good after he ran away. We hear cover versions of “Get Back” under the main titles and of “Let It Be” under the end titles, but Beatles songs figure in none of the story. Most of the camera time is given to Kindaichi, so it is unclear what if any relation Lennon’s death has to do with the story or the characters. However, Goro becomes a minor character once he meets Kindaichi on the train. We are introduced to Goro as he sees news reports about the death of John Lennon, which brings back memories of 1969 when he was a “hippie” traveling around Japan. Kunio Shimizu’s screenplay tries to update Kindaichi a bit. The priest/husband of Iwashita even has two mistresses in two different towns. Before we’re done, we have twin teen-agers, twin brothers (one of whom is searching for his birth parents), Siamese twins, and twin mothers who turn out to be split personalities of Shima Iwashita. ![]() The island has a superstition that twins can not be raised together, so they are separated and fostered at birth. Let us say that it is a mystery about twins. I’d like to hint at least at the mysteries and solutions, but I’m not sure it is possible to clarify all the interlocking pieces. ![]() Before he is done, he has found the deep secrets of the island’s most powerful families that have resulted in additional deaths while he is there. He has been called to a small island by a man who appears to have died just before Kindaichi arrived. Island of the Evil Spirits takes us once again into the popular world of detective Kindaichi.
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