Rampo Noir

May 11, 2005

2h 14m

★ 5.6

4 chilling tales into the mind of madness.

Overview

An anthology film consisting of four segments based on literary works by Edogawa Ranpo.

Genres

Fantasy

Horror

Thriller

Production Companies

Albatros Filmproduktion

Culture Publishers

Geneon Entertainment

KADOKAWA

Micott & Basara K.K.

New Select

Rampo Noir Trailers

Cast

Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover

Tadanobu Asano

Toru (segment "Mirror Hell")

Hiroki Narimiya

Tarô Hirai (segment "Caterpillar")

Ryuhei Matsuda

Tokiko Sunaga (segment "Caterpillar")

Yukiko Okamoto

First Lieutenant Sunaga (segment "Caterpillar")

Nao Omori

Inspector Namikoshi (segment "Mirror Hell")

Minori Terada

Sayoko (segment "Mirror Hell")

Yumi Yoshiyuki

Harumi (segment "Mirror Hell")

Yuko Daike

Azusa (segment "Mirror Hell")

Harumi Ogawa

Fuyu Kinoshita (segment "Crawling Bugs")

Tamaki Ogawa

Dermatologist (segment "Crawling Bugs")

Hiromasa Taguchi

Kobayashi (segment "Mirror Hell")

Tomoya Nakamura

Ronia lives happily in her father's castle until she comes across a new playmate, Birk, in the nearby dark forest. The two explore the wilderness, braving dangerous Witchbirds and Rump-Gnomes. But when their families find out Birk and Ronia have been playing together, they forbid them to see each other again. Indeed, their fathers are competing robber chieftains and bitter enemies. Now the two spunky children must try to tear down the barriers that have kept their families apart for so long.

7.0

Strange Days

Oct 13, 1995

Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reality-like recordings that allow users to experience the emotions and past experiences of others. While they typically contain tawdry incidents, Nero is shocked when he receives one showing a murder.

6.5

Swimming Pool

May 21, 2003

A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.

7.0

Insomnia

May 24, 2002

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

7.7

Mystic River

Oct 8, 2003

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.

7.5

Eyes Wide Shut

Jul 16, 1999

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

7.3

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Nov 9, 1984

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

7.5

Miller's Crossing

Sep 21, 1990

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.

7.9

A Trip to the Moon

Jun 15, 1902

Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious planet.

7.3

Vampyr

May 6, 1932

A superstitious drifter stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.

7.6

Blue Velvet

Sep 19, 1986

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

7.8

Rosemary's Baby

Jun 12, 1968

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.

5.6

The Omen

Jun 6, 2006

A diplomatic couple adopts the son of the devil without knowing it. A remake of the classic horror film of the same name from 1976.

8.4

Se7en

Sep 22, 1995

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

7.8

Shrek

May 18, 2001

It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.

7.3

Videodrome

Feb 4, 1983

As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.

7.7

Strangers on a Train

Jun 27, 1951

A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.

7.4

It Happened in Broad Daylight

Jun 9, 1958

The search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession.

7.0

The Mask

Jul 29, 1994

Stanley, a meek bank employee, turns into an eccentric and maniacal green-skinned superhero who can bend reality, after wearing a wooden mask that was created by Loki, the Norse god of mischief.