The Mystery of Rampo

05/27/1995

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1hr 40min

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Drama

,Thriller

,Romance

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

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Masahiro Motoki
  • Naoto Takenaka
  • Michiko Hada
  • Teruyuki Kagawa
  • Mikijiro Hira

    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

      Production Countries

    • Japan

    LANGUAGES

    • Japanese

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