01 Nov 2002
Morvern Callar
After her boyfriend commits suicide, a young woman attempts to use the unpublished manuscript of a novel and a sum of money he left behind to reinvent her life.
The Mystery of 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.
Top Billed Cast
本木雅弘 Kogoro Akechi
竹中直人 Edogawa Rampo
羽田美智子 Shizuko
香川照之 Masashi Yokomizo
平幹二朗 Marquis Ogawara
佐野史郎 Officer
岸部一徳 Cafe Owner
江戸家猫八 Antique Shop Owner
高城淳一 Fujimori
樹木希林 House Wife / Head of Maid
Julie Dreyfus Mademoiselle
原田芳雄 Big Star
阿部寛 Singer
荒戸源次郎 Producer
別所哲也 Still Photographer
早見優 Fiance
木村一八 Actor
三浦友和 Producer Tagawa
大槻ケンヂ Taxi Driver
Charlie Yutani Driver
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