Rent Rampo Noir (2005)
3.3 of 5 from 45 ratings
2h 14min
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- Synopsis:
Four filmmakers from completely different backgrounds bring their radically personal takes to the stories of Japan's celebrated master of the macabre, Edogawa Rampo (Horrors of Malformed Men, Blind Beast). In 'Mars's Canal', by music video director and visual artist Suguru Takeuchi, a lone man encounters the other side of his psyche beyond the reflective surface of a circular pond set in a desolate landscape. Japanese New Wave auteur and longtime director of the Ultraman series Akio Jissoji (This Transient Life, Mandala) harnesses his distinctive stylistic sheen in his story of a mad mirror maker, Mirror Hell. 'Caterpillar' sees the singular vision of cult director Hisayasu Sato (The Bedroom, Naked Blood) at its most grotesque, in his portrait of a wounded war veteran who returns from the frontline as little more than a bloody torso, helpless to defend himself against the increasingly perverted caprices of an embittered wife. Finally, a famous actor is subjected to the obsessive attentions of her limo driver in 'Crawling Bugs', the directorial debut of internationally acclaimed manga artist Atsushi Kaneko (Bambi and Her Pink Gun). Produced by the same team behind Ichi the Killer and Uzumaki, and with a cast featuring some of Japan's top stars, including Tadanobu Asano (Maboroshi, Silence) and Ryuhei Matsuda (Blue Spring, Gohatto), 'Rampo Noir' is a stylistic tour-de-force that vividly evokes the erotic grotesque worlds created by Japan's pioneering proponent of horror and mystery fiction. - Actors:
- Tadanobu Asano, Yûko Daike, Chisako Hara, Masami Horiuchi, Mikako Ichikawa, Hanae Kan, Ryûhei Matsuda, Kaiji Moriyama, Tomoya Nakamura, Hiroki Narimiya, Tamaki Ogawa, Yukiko Okamoto, Tarô Suwa, Hiromasa Taguchi, Minori Terada, Susumu Terajima, Yumi Yoshiyuki, Nao Ômori
- Directors:
- Akio Jissôji, Atsushi Kaneko, Hisayasu Satô, Suguru Takeuchi
- Writers:
- Rampo Edogawa, Atsushi Kaneko, Akio Satsukawa, Suguru Takeuchi, Shirô Yumeno
- Aka:
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423034/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1
- Genres:
- Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 06/01/2025
- Run Time:
- 134 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Brand new audio commentary by Japanese film experts Jasper Sharp and Alexander Zahlten
- Another World, a new interview with Suguru Takeuchi, director of "Mars's Canal"
- A Moving Transformation, a new interview with Hisayasu Sato, director of "Caterpillar"
- Butterfly Queen, a new interview with Atsushi Kaneko, manga artist and director of "Crawling Bugs"
- Hall of Mirrors, a new interview with cinematographer Masao Nakabori about working with Akio Jissoji and "Mirror Hell"
- The Butterfly Effect, a new interview with Akiko Ashizawa, the cinematographer of "Caterpillar"
- Looking in the Mirror, a new interview with actor Yumi Yoshiyuki about "Mirror Hell"
- Archive stage greeting footage with the cast and directors from the Japanese premiere of Rampo Noir
- Crossing the Lens, a feature-length making-of documentary by Tatsuya Fukushima from 2006
- Image gallery