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Rampo Noir

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Original title

Rampo jigoku (Rampo Noir)

Year

2005

Running time

134 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Akio Jissoji, Atsushi Kaneko, Hisayasu Sato, Suguru Takeuchi

Screenwriter

Atsushi Kaneko, Akio Satsukawa, Suguru Takeuchi, Shirô Yumeno. Stories: Rampo Edogawa

Cast

Music

Saiko Ai, Aramaki Kôhei, Yoshihide Otomo, Ikeda Ryôji

Producer

Albatros Film, Culture Publishers (CP), Geneon Entertainment Inc. Yomiko, Kadokawa Eiga K.K, Micott & Basara K.K, New Select K.K, Ranpo jigoku Seisaku Iinkai, Toei

Genre

Horror. Fantasy | Supernatural. Anthology Film

Movie Groups

Rampo Edogawa Adaptations

Synopsis

This horror anthology takes its cue from the short fiction of writer Taro Hirai, better known by his nomme du plume Edogawa Rampo - wordplay on the name of legendary writer Edgar Allan Poe. Acclaimed MV director Takeuchi Suguru begins proceedings with Mars Canal, which sees a naked man (Asano Tadanobu) collapse at the edge of a lake that descends, seemingly into the bowels of hell itself. This segment is used to effectively tie together the three main narrative segments of the film.

Mirror Hell, directed by Jissoji Akio, sees a detective (Asano again) following a trail of beautiful female corpses back to a mad mirror maker. The Caterpillar (by Sato Hisayasu) sees a limbless war veteran return home only to be systematically abused by his wife. And in Crawling Bugs, by manga artist Kaneko Atsushi, a chauffeur (Asano yet again) becomes obsessed with his actress employer.

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Rampo Noir

2005

Akio Jissoji ...

5.7

(77)