The Mystery of Rampo
1995/05/27 • Released • Japanese
So provocative the censors banned it. So powerful it came true.
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.
Director : Kazuyoshi Okuyama
Casts
Masahiro Motoki
Kogoro Akechi
Naoto Takenaka
Edogawa Rampo
Michiko Hada
Shizuko
Teruyuki Kagawa
Masashi Yokomizo
Mikijiro Hira
Shirō Sano
Ittoku Kishibe
Nekohachi Edoya
Kirin Kiki
Julie Dreyfus
Yoshio Harada
Kinji Fukasaku
Hiroshi Abe
Genjiro Arato
Tetsuya Bessho
Kazuya Kimura
Tomokazu Miura
Kenji Ohtsuki
Kōji Wakamatsu
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