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The Mystery of Rampo (1994)

The Mystery of Rampo (1994)

Drama Romance Thriller

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

Release Date: 1994, June 25
Directors: Kazuyoshi Okuyama
Countries: Japan
Cast: Julie Dreyfus, Ittoku Kishibe, Naoto Takenaka, Tomokazu Miura, Kirin Kiki, Masaya Katō, Teruyuki Kagawa, Mikijiro Hira, Shiro Sano, Masahiro Motoki, Hiroshi Abe, Yoshio Harada

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

writer expressionism