The Mystery of Rampo

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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Art

Kyōko Heya

Production Design

Camera

Yasushi Sasakibara

Director of Photography

Directing

Editing

Sound

Akira Senju

Original Music Composer

Writing

Yuhei Enoki

Writer

Rampo Edogawa

Original Story