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5.5/10   102 votes
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Director:
Noboru Tanaka
Writers:
Rampo Edogawa (short story "Yaneura no sanposha")
Akio Ido (screenplay)
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Release Date:
12 June 1976 (Japan) more
Genre:
Crime | Horror | Mystery more
Plot:
The landlord of a boarding house in 1923 Tokyo, is keen on spying on the bizarre close encounters taking place beneath his roof. One day he sees a prostitute killing a customer, and decides he's found his soulmate. | add synopsis
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but when killing joins sex on the menu and the watcher joins the watched more

Cast

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Junko Miyashita ... Minako Sayanomiya
Renji Ishibashi ... Saburo Gouda
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hiroshi Cho ... Koichiro Kiyomiya
Aoi Nakajima
Toshihiko Oda ... Hiruta
Yumemura Shiro ... Pierrot
Kazuko Tajima ... Ginko
Tokuko Watanabe ... Tomita Miyuki
Yasuji Yashiro ... Endo
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Watcher in the Attic (Europe: English title) (International: English title) (video catalogue title)
Edogawa Rampo ryôki-kan: Yaneura no samposha (Japan) (alternative transliteration)
The Stroller in the Attic (USA) (informal English title)
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Runtime:
76 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Nikkatsu more

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13 out of 17 people found the following comment useful:-
but when killing joins sex on the menu and the watcher joins the watched, 18 April 2006
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Author: christopher-underwood from Greenwich - London

Decidedly odd, this 1923 set movie begins slowly with the man of the title peering from his enclosed upper space at those approaching from without and those dwelling below. At first this looks like being an unusual but fairly predictable 'pink' but when killing joins sex on the menu and the watcher joins the watched this turns a little more hard edged. Slightly confusing at the start, with a lot of black screen and changing faces but soon we are down to the main protagonists and there is little room for ambiguity. The dramatic ending gives explanation for the 1923 setting and concludes what in the end is an erotic and powerful exploration of human nature's darker side. Not without faults but well worth a watch.

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