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The Mystery of Rampo

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

7.1(7)19941h 40m1

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.

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Japanese
  • writer
  • expressionism

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  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalR15+25 Jun 1994

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The Mystery of Rampo was released on 25 June 1994.

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