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The Mystery of Rampo
So provocative the censors banned it. So powerful it came true.
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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.
Creators
Cast
Masahiro Motoki
actor
Naoto Takenaka
actor
Michiko Hada
actor
Teruyuki Kagawa
actor
Shiro Sano
actor
Kinji Fukasaku
actor
Hiroshi Abe
actor
Tomokazu Miura
actor
