Ichikawa made so many serious literatures into movies that people made fun of him as 'the complete collection of Japanese literatures' (Mitsutoshi ISHIGAMI), and he was also very familiar with mystery as shown in this name.
「日本文学全集」（石上三登志）と揶揄気味に評されるほど純文学の映画化が多い市川だが、このネーミングに示されるようにミステリーへの造詣も非常に深い。