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.
Release Date: 19 May 1995Runtime: 100 min
Stars:
- An Actor
- Charlie Yutani
- Ittoku Kishibe
- Julie Dreyfus
- Jun'ichi Takagi
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Kirin Kiki
- Masahiro Motoki
- Michiko Hada
- Mikijirô Hira
- Naoto Takenaka
- Nekohachi Edoya
- Shirô Sano
- Teruyuki Kagawa
- Yoshio Harada
Director: Kazuyoshi Okuyama