The Mystery of Rampo

The Mystery of Rampo

1994
1h 40m
7.0

7.0/10

4 votes • View on IMDb
Drama Thriller Romance

"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.

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Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

writer expressionism

Quick Facts

Original Title RAMPO　奥山バージョン
Release Date June 25, 1994
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0110943

Cast

Masahiro Motoki
Masahiro Motoki

Kogoro Akechi

Naoto Takenaka
Naoto Takenaka

Edogawa Rampo

Michiko Hada
Michiko Hada

Shizuko

Teruyuki Kagawa
Teruyuki Kagawa

Masashi Yokomizo

Mikijiro Hira
Mikijiro Hira

Marquis Ogawara

Shiro Sano
Shiro Sano

Officer

Ittoku Kishibe
Ittoku Kishibe

Cafe Owner

Nekohachi Edoya
Nekohachi Edoya

Antique Shop Owner

Junichi Takagi
Junichi Takagi

Fujimori

Kirin Kiki
Kirin Kiki

House Wife / Head of Maid

Julie Dreyfus
Julie Dreyfus

Mademoiselle

Yoshio Harada
Yoshio Harada

Big Star

Key Crew

Kazuyoshi Okuyama
Director
Yuhei Enoki
Writer
Kazuyoshi Okuyama
Writer