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Rampo poster
B
Strong
MASTER SCORE 64.0 / 100
1994·Drama / Mystery / Thriller·1h 40m

RAMPO

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

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.

Above the Line
Rintarô Mayuzumi, Kazuyoshi Okuyama·DirectorKazuyoshi Okuyama·ScreenplayYuhei Enoki·ScreenplayYasushi Sasakibara·Director of PhotographyMasahiro Kawasaki·Original Music ComposerAkimasa Kawashima·Editor
Cast
Masahiro Motoki·Kogoro AkechiNaoto Takenaka·Edogawa RampoMichiko Hada·ShizukoTeruyuki Kagawa·Masashi YokomizoMikijiro Hira·Marquis OgawaraShiro Sano·OfficerIttoku Kishibe·Cafe OwnerNekohachi Edoya·Antique Shop OwnerJunichi Takagi·FujimoriKirin Kiki·House Wife / Head of Maid
Full Crew
(19 credits)
Directing· 3
Kazuyoshi Okuyama·DirectorTakashi Tsukinoki·Assistant DirectorShōko Horikita·Script Supervisor
Writing· 4
Kazuyoshi Okuyama·ScreenplayYuhei Enoki·ScreenplayRampo Edogawa·Original StoryRintaro Mayuzumi·Co-Writer
Camera· 2
Yasushi Sasakibara·Director of PhotographyToshiyasu Imoto·Still Photographer
Editing· 1
Akimasa Kawashima·Editor
Sound & Music· 3
Masahiro Kawasaki·Original Music Composer佐々木麻美子·Music ProducerKenichi Benitani·Sound Recordist
Art & Design· 1
Kyōko Heya·Production Design
Production· 3
Kazuyoshi Okuyama·Executive ProducerYoshinobu Nishioka·ProducerYoshihisa Nakagawa·Producer
Other Departments· 2
Yasuhiro Nakura·Animation DirectorHiroyuki Yasukouchi·Gaffer
By the Numbers
64.0
OF 100
Master Score
6.7
OF 10
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Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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