The Mystery of Rampo

(1994)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 7 votes

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Romance

Year: 1994

Runtime: 100 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 奥山和由

Cast: 本木雅弘, Наото Такэнака, 羽田美智子, Тэруюки Кагава, 平幹二朗, Сиро Сано, Иттоку Кисибэ, 江戸家猫八, Дзюнъити Такаги, 樹木希林

Plot

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.