The Mystery of Rampo
- Original title
- Rampo (The Mystery of Rampo)
- Year
- 1994
- Running time
- 100 min.
- Country
- Japan
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Masahiro Motoki
- Naoto Takenaka
- Michiko Hada
- Nekohachi Edoya
- Teruyuki Kagawa
- Mikijiro Hira
- Shiro Sano
- Ittoku Kishibe
- Julie Dreyfus
- Charlie Yutani
- Jun'ichi Takagi
- Kirin Kiki
- Yoshio Harada
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Mystery | Literature
- Movie Groups
- Rampo Edogawa Adaptations
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Awards
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1995: Premios de la Academia Japonesa: Newcomer of the Year. 9 nominations
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