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Rampo Noir

2005 · 134 min

A slow, unsettling plunge into surreal horror, where each segment lingers on madness and body horror with an experimental, dreamlike intensity.

Tagline
4 chilling tales into the mind of madness.
Overview
An anthology film consisting of four segments based on literary works by Edogawa Ranpo.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • madness
  • obsession
  • violence
  • identity
  • death
Places
None
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror8
Humour2
Realism4
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
fantasy, horror, thriller
Directed by
Suguru Takeuchi, Akio Jissoji, Atsushi Kaneko, Hisayasu Satō
Written by
Akio Satsukawa, Suguru Takeuchi, Shirō Yumeno, Atsushi Kaneko
Starring
Tadanobu Asano, Hiroki Narimiya, Ryuhei Matsuda, Yukiko Okamoto, Nao Omori, Minori Terada, Yumi Yoshiyuki, Yuko Daike
Music
Yoshihide Otomo, Ryoji Ikeda
Cinematography
Akiko Ashizawa, Suguru Takeuchi
Runtime
134 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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