Detective in the Bar

"Detective in the Bar" is a film collection comprising three installments released between 2011 and 2017. The series centers on a private detective, Yo Oizumi, who receives cases originating from his favorite bar in Sapporo's Susukino red light district. In the first film, "Phone Call to the Bar," he accepts a seemingly simple request from a woman named Kyoko Kondo and begins an investigation. The collection spans a total runtime of 366 minutes and has a reported budget of zero with no revenue recorded for any of the films. The three films within the series are "Phone Call to the Bar" (2011), "Detective in the Bar 2" (2013), and "The Last Shot in the Bar" (2017). The films collectively offer a look into the detective's work, beginning with an initial phone call that leads him into a case. The series has a combined IMDb rating of 18.1, based on the individual ratings of its three films.