The Mystery of Rampo

May 27, 1995

1h 40m

★ 7.0

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.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Romance

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Cast

Kogoro Akechi

Masahiro Motoki

Edogawa Rampo

Naoto Takenaka

Shizuko

Michiko Hada

Masashi Yokomizo

Teruyuki Kagawa

Marquis Ogawara

Mikijiro Hira

Officer

Shiro Sano

Cafe Owner

Ittoku Kishibe

Antique Shop Owner

Nekohachi Edoya

Fujimori

Junichi Takagi

House Wife / Head of Maid

Kirin Kiki

Mademoiselle

Julie Dreyfus

Big Star

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