The Mystery of Rampo
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Kazuyoshi Okuyama
Masahiro Motoki
Naoto Takenaka
Michiko Hada
Teruyuki Kagawa
Mikijiro Hira
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Japan has embarked upon the path to the second World War. A melancholic Edogawa Rampo (1894-1965) has been shown a newspaper article about a strange homicide by his editor, Masashi Yokomizo. It seems a local housewife has killed her husband by suffocating him in a trousseau chest. A chill runs down Rampo's spine. The crime is exactly like the murder that takes place in a short story he recently completed. Can this be mere coincidence? It has to be since the piece was banned by the government, and therefore, unpublished. Unable to hold back his curiosity, Rampo visits the woman in question, Shizuko. Wonder turns to horror when he finds that she is identical to the ideal woman he had created in his imagination. Inspired by his passion for this possible murderer, Rampo begins to write a sequel to his banned story.
Director
Kazuyoshi Okuyama
Cast
Masahiro Motoki
Naoto Takenaka
Michiko Hada
Teruyuki Kagawa
Mikijiro Hira
Shirô Sano
Ittoku Kishibe
Nekohachi Edoya
Jyunichi Takagi
Charlie Yutani
Kirin Kiki
Yasushi Akimoto
Hiroshi Abe
Genjiro Arato
Riyoko Ideka
Eiji Oshita
Kenji Otsuki
Keiko Oginome
Reiko Okutani
Fumiko Osanai
Hitoshi Ozawa
Narumi Oda
Masay Kato
Maiko Kikuchi
Kazuya Kimura
Toru Kenjyo
Keiko Kono
Ken Sakamura
Ryuzo Saki
Akiko Santo
Rieko Zanma
Julie Dreyfus
Jinichiro Sudo
Tetsuya Tsukushi
Koji Tsutsumi
Rieko Terada
Toshiji Nakayama
Yoko Narahashi
Mariko Hayashi
Yu Hayami
Yoshimi Hara
Yoshio Harada
Kinji Fukasaku
Tsubasa Fukuoka
Tetsuya Bessho
Tomokazu Miura
Akiko Mizuno
Akiko Yagi
Kenichi Yajima
Uyu Yamaguchi
Euchi Yoshikawa
Sergeant Luke Takamura
Koji Wakamatsu
Crew
Masato Aizawa
Manabu Asoh
Kenichi Benitani
Rampo Edogawa
Yuhei Enoki
Tomoyoshi Ezaki
Isamu Fujii
Masahiro Furuya
Noriko Futana
Kyoko Heya
Shoko Horikita
Tokujyu Ichikawa
Narushito Imaizumi
Toshiyasu Imoto
Masumi Ishii
Sachico Ito
Osamu Kameoka
Tetsuo Kaneko
Yuki Kaorikawa
Yoshiaki Kato
Hiyato Kawai
Akimasa Kawashima
Hiroshi Kitashiro
Mario Klemens
Nobuaki Koga
Mutsuo Koseki
Kosuke Kuri
Eizo Kyoto
Yasushi Masuda
Hiroshi Matsuda
Itsuya Matsushima
Rintaro Mayuzumi
Hiroko Misoka
Michihisa Miyashige
Michiyo Moriya
Yoshihisa Nakagawa
Masayuki Nakazawa
Yasuhiro Nakura
Vaclav Neumann
Kimiko Nishikawa
Yoshinobu Nishioka
Mutsuhiro Nishiwaki
Masaharu Ohmi
Satoshi Ohta
Kiyoshi Okano
Hideaki Okuhara
Kazuyoshi Okuyama
Kazuyoshi Okuyama
Sachie Oyama
Hitomi Ozaki
Masatoshi Saito
Mitsunori Sakai
Ningyoya Sakichi
Akira Sakou
Mamiko Sasaki
Yasushi Sasakibara
Atsushi Sato
Kazuhito Sato
Shinichi Sato
Akira Senju
Hisao Shirai
Shigoto Shugi
Akimi Sudo
Masatoshi Tabegaya
Koichi Tachi
Koichi Takahashi
Tokiko Tamai
Eiko Tanaka
June Tanaka
Yoji Tanaka
Rokuor Terada
Tatsuo Tsukamoto
Takashi Tsukinoki
Akira Ueno
Yusei Uesugi
Ichiko Yamamoto
Yoshiaki Yamamoto
Hiroo Yanagida
Masato Yano
Hiroyuki Yasukochi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Expanded Release in United States June 2, 1995
Expanded Release in United States June 9, 1995
Released in United States 1995
Released in United States May 1994
Released in United States on Video January 9, 1996
Released in United States Spring May 19, 1995
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 12-23, 1994.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (in competition) January 25 - February 5, 1995.
Production began under the direction of helmer Rintaro Mayuzumi, but was taken over by executive producer Kazuyoshi Okuyama after he rejected Mayuzumi's version; some sixty percent of the picture was subsequently reshot. Both versions were offered to exhibitors for the film's June 1994 release in Japan.
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (in competition) January 25 - February 5, 1995.)
Released in United States on Video January 9, 1996
Released in United States May 1994 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 12-23, 1994.)
Released in United States Spring May 19, 1995
Expanded Release in United States June 2, 1995
Expanded Release in United States June 9, 1995
