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The Mystery of Rampo
So provocative the censors banned it. So powerful it came true.
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
- Masahiro Motoki as Kogoro Akechi
- Naoto Takenaka as Edogawa Rampo
- Michiko Hada as Shizuko
- Teruyuki Kagawa as Masashi Yokomizo
- Mikijiro Hira as Marquis Ogawara
- Shiro Sano as Officer
- Ittoku Kishibe as Cafe Owner
- Nekohachi Edoya as Antique Shop Owner
- Junichi Takagi as Fujimori
- Kirin Kiki as House Wife / Head of Maid
- Julie Dreyfus as Mademoiselle
- Yoshio Harada as Big Star
Details
- Director
- Kazuyoshi Okuyama
- Released
- June 25, 1994
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Romance
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.1 / 10 from 7 votes
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