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The Mystery of Rampo

The Mystery of Rampo

Drama Romance Thriller

1995, Movie, 1h 40min

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.

Country: Japan

Director:

Kazuyoshi Okuyama

Cast:

Naoto Takenaka,

Ittoku Kishibe,

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Critic Joey O'Bryan

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8

Rampo's obsessions, visions, and stories are expertly realized by Okuyama through a dazzling array of special effects and hand-drawn animation...

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

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