Film

The Mystery of Rampo

1994 · 1h 40m · Drama · Thriller · Romance

So provocative the censors banned it. So powerful it came true.

IMDb

6.6

Rotten Tomatoes

69%

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.

Masahiro Motoki

Kogoro Akechi

Naoto Takenaka

Edogawa Rampo

Michiko Hada

Shizuko

Teruyuki Kagawa

Masashi Yokomizo

Mikijiro Hira

Marquis Ogawara

Shiro Sano

Officer

Ittoku Kishibe

Cafe Owner

Nekohachi Edoya

Antique Shop Owner

Junichi Takagi

Fujimori

Kirin Kiki

House Wife / Head of Maid

Julie Dreyfus

Mademoiselle

Yoshio Harada

Big Star

Kinji Fukasaku

Film Director

Hiroshi Abe

Singer

Genjiro Arato

Producer

Tetsuya Bessho

Still Photographer

• Kazuyoshi OkuyamaDirector · Screenplay · Executive Producer
• Yuhei EnokiScreenplay
• Yoshinobu NishiokaProducer
• Yoshihisa NakagawaProducer
• Yasushi SasakibaraDirector of Photography
• Masahiro KawasakiOriginal Music Composer
• Akimasa KawashimaEditor

Release date

June 25, 1994

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

R15+

Genres

Drama, Thriller, Romance

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