The Mystery of Rampo

The Mystery of Rampo (1995)

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

  • Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance
  • Release Date: 1995-05-27
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Kazuyoshi Okuyama
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Summary

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.

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  • Masahiro Motoki

    as Kogoro Akechi

  • Naoto Takenaka

    as Edogawa Rampo

  • Michiko Hada

    as Shizuko

  • Teruyuki Kagawa

    as Masashi Yokomizo

  • Mikijiro Hira

    as

  • Shirō Sano

    as

  • Ittoku Kishibe

    as

  • Nekohachi Edoya

    as

  • Junichi Takagi

    as

  • Kirin Kiki

    as

  • Julie Dreyfus

    as

  • Yoshio Harada

    as

  • Kinji Fukasaku

    as

  • Hiroshi Abe

    as

  • Genjiro Arato

    as

  • Tetsuya Bessho

    as

  • Yu Hayami

    as

  • Kazuya Kimura

    as

  • Tomokazu Miura

    as

  • Kenji Ohtsuki

    as

  • Kōji Wakamatsu

    as
Directing Kazuyoshi Okuyama Director
Writing Yuhei Enoki Writer
Writing Kazuyoshi Okuyama Writer
Writing Rampo Edogawa Original Story
Sound Akira Senju Original Music Composer
Editing Akimasa Kawashima Editor
Camera Yasushi Sasakibara Director of Photography
Art Kyōko Heya Production Design

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