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Overview

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6.6/10   350 votes
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Writers:
Rampo Edogawa (story)
Yuhei Enoki (writer)
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Release Date:
19 May 1995 (USA) more
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Tagline:
So provocative the censors banned it, so powerful it came true.
Plot:
Edogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing and... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 10 nominations more
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Japanese Finnegan's Wake puts camera's eye on dreamscape more (21 total)

Cast

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Masahiro Motoki ... Kogoro Akechi
Naoto Takenaka ... Edogawa Rampo
Michiko Hada ... Shizuko
Teruyuki Kagawa ... Masashi Yokomizo
Mikijiro Hira ... Marquis Ogawara
Shirô Sano ... Officer
Ittoku Kishibe ... Cafe owner
Nekohachi Edoya ... Antique shop owner
Jyunichi Takagi ... Fujimori
Charlie Yutani ... Driver
Kirin Kiki ... House wife / Head of maid

Julie Dreyfus ... Mademoiselle
Yoshio Harada ... Big Star
Kinji Fukasaku ... Film Director
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Mystery of Rampo (USA) (DVD box title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for images of bizarre sexuality.
Runtime:
100 min
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Japanese Finnegan's Wake puts camera's eye on dreamscape, 22 January 1999
Author: Lucifer-9 from Austin, Tx

Many professional critics have trashed this movie as being overly complicated and sickeningly swirling. I say they can't see the forest for the trees. I can imagine literary critics complaining about Finnegan's Wake saying, "All those made up words were annoying". Rampo is a rich sumptuous film which is powerful precisely because it is non-linear. Like a dream from which one is not quite sure one has awakened this film captures the fluid multiplicity of reality. I say leave the dumbed down linear narratives to the suburban megaplex viewers. This is film making not only on a higher level. This film has created a level which brings up viewers to new heights and which beckons future film makers.

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