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A vivid adaptation of the short stories of Taro Hirai A.K.A. Edogawa Rampo, often recalled as the Japanese Edgar Allan Poe. Four auteur directors provide a shocking compilation of short films each stylistically different and based on the masterpieces of the great Japanese mystery writer. These dark narratives are mysterious forays into grotesque and erotic fantasy worlds.
Mars Canal
Within absolute silence, a naked man wanders through a dark and depressing landscape recalling the excruciating details of his last encounter with his former lover.
Mirror Hell
When a series of women are discovered with their faces burnt and skulls charred, a young detective investigates, discovering that a unique hand mirror is always found at the scene.
Caterpillar
A war hero returns home with no limbs and only his eyesight remaining. His beautiful wife, tired of taking care of him, turns to torturing her crippled husband for amusement.
Crawling Bugs
A sexy actress is returning home from a successful night on stage, until her limo driver decides that she should be coming home with him.
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Cast
浅野忠信
Japan
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Our Mother (2008)
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Mikako Ichikawa
Japan
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Be with You (2004)
Romantic Prelude (2009)
Glasses (2007)
Hanae Kan
Japan
Best movies:
Nobody Knows (2004)
Pistol Opera (2001)
Rampo Noir (2005)
Ryūhei Matsuda
Japan
Best movies:
The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker (2007)
Nana (2005)
The Raid 2 (2014)
緒川たまき
Japan
Best movies:
Samurai Fiction (1998)
Ten Nights of Dream (2006)
Rampo Noir (2005)
大森南朋
Japan
Best movies:
I Just Didn't Do It (2006)
It's Only Talk (2005)
Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World (2004)
Susumu Terajima
Japan
Best movies:
Nobody Knows (2004)
When Marnie Was There (2014)
Fireworks (1997)
Tomoya Nakamura
Japan
Best movies:
Spy x Family Code: White (2023)
The Innocent Seven (2005)
Traces of Sin (2016)
寺田農
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
Natsu no niwa - The Friends (1994)
Castle in the Sky (1986)
Hiromasa Taguchi
Japan
Best movies:
I Just Didn't Do It (2006)
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)
堀内正美
Japan
Best movies:
True Mothers (2020)
After the Flowers (2010)
Spiral (2000)
原知佐子
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
Pale Flower (1964)
Hačikó monogatari (1987)
Kaiji Moriyama
Japan
Best movies:
The Taste of Tea (2004)
Funky Forest: The First Contact (2005)
The Round Table (2014)