Movie: The Mystery of Rampo

Top 10 Billed Cast

Masahiro Motoki
本木雅弘

Kogoro Akechi

Naoto Takenaka
竹中直人

Edogawa Rampo

Michiko Hada
羽田美智子

Shizuko

Teruyuki Kagawa
香川照之

Masashi Yokomizo

Mikijiro Hira
平幹二朗

Marquis Ogawara

Shiro Sano
佐野史郎

Officer

Ittoku Kishibe
岸部一徳

Cafe Owner

Nekohachi Edoya
江戸家猫八

Antique Shop Owner

Junichi Takagi
高城淳一

Fujimori

Kirin Kiki
樹木希林

House Wife / Head of Maid

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  • Overview

    Edogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing and injurious to the public to be allowed to be published. However, after burning his drafts, his publisher shows him a newspaper with an account of events just like his forbidden story. As the film progresses, fantasy and reality intermingle in a tale that draws heavily on influences from Poe and Stoker's Dracula. The film's strongly Expressionistic direction skillfully combines a variety of media (animation, computer-generated imagery, grainy black-and-white fast film stock, color negatives) for artistic effect.

  • Release Date

    1995-05-27

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
  • Tagline

    So provocative the censors banned it. So powerful it came true.

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    日本語
  • Keywords

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