Charlie Yutani,
Ittoku Kishibe,
Julie Dreyfus,
Jyunichi Takagi,
Kinji Fukasaku
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In a possible case of a copycat killing, a woman murders her husband in a manner similar to a killing described in an unpublished work by controversial author Edogawa Rampo (whose writing the governme...( read more
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Directed by: Charlie Yutani, Ittoku Kishibe, Julie Dreyfus, Jyunichi Takagi, Kazuyoshi Okuyama, Kazuyoski Okuyama, Kinji Fukasaku, Kirin Kiki, Masahiro Motoki, Michiko Hada, Mikijiro Hira, Mikuiro Hira, Naoto Takenaka, Rintaro Mayuzumi
Release Date: December 31, 1995
DVD Release Date: February 10, 2004
Stats: 28 reviews
Stylish puzzlebox romance about Edogawa Rampo, Japan's answer to Edgar Allan Poe. in Okuyama's film, Rampo becomes infatuated with a femme fatale, who may or may not be a character he has created, and pursues her across the literary/reality divide in the person of his fictious al...( read more)
Lovely, mysterious, and evocative -- A character study in which the author's grotesque and pulpish creations wander in and out of his life. Has a peculiarly foggy sex scene in which several pornographic movies are superimposed, with shadows superimposed upon THEM, finally with re...( read more)
A Japanese experiment that actually incorporated sight, sound AND smell in the theatres. It crosses genres and blends styles of cinema into an elegant tribute to the writer, Rampo. Gorgeous score by Akira Senju.
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