Rampo 1995

Name: Rampo
Released: 1995-05-27
Cast: Masahiro Motoki, Naoto Takenaka, Michiko Hada, Teruyuki Kagawa, Mikijiro Hira

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by:	Kazuyoshi Okuyama
Written by:	Kazuyoshi Okuyama & Yuhei Enoki
Release date:	1995-05-27
Runtime:	100 minutes
Tagline:	So provocative the censors banned it. So powerful it came true.