Rampo Noir (2005)
"Ranpo jigoku" (original title)

Mars Canal - Within absolute silence, a naked man wanders through a dark and depressing landscape recalling the excruciating details of his last encounter with his former lover... See full synopsis »

Directors:

Akio Jissoji, Atsushi Kaneko,

Writers:

Rampo Edogawa (short stories), Atsushi Kaneko (screenplay),

Stars:

Tadanobu Asano, Yûko Daike, Chisako Hara

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Tadanobu Asano	...	Private Detective Kogorô Akechi / Man / Masaki (segments "Imomushi" - "Kagami jigoku" - "Kasei no unga" - "Mushi")
Yûko Daike	...	(segment "Kagami jigoku")
Chisako Hara	...	(segment "Kagami jigoku")
Masami Horiuchi	...	(segment "Kagami jigoku")
Mikako Ichikawa	...	(segment "Kagami jigoku")
Hanae Kan	...	(story "Imomushi")
Ryûhei Matsuda	...	Tarô Hirai (story "Imomushi") (as Ryuuhei Matsuda)
Kaiji Moriyama	...	(story "Kasei no unga")
Tomoya Nakamura	...	(story "Kagami jigoku")
Hiroki Narimiya	...	Tooru (story "Kagami jigoku")
Tamaki Ogawa	...	Fuyu Kinoshita (segment "Mushi")
Yukiko Okamoto	...	Tokiko Sunaga (story "Imomushi")
Hiromasa Taguchi	...	(segment "Mushi")
Minori Terada	...	(segment "Kagami jigoku")
Susumu Terajima	...	(segment "Kagami jigoku")

Storyline

Mars Canal - Within absolute silence, a naked man wanders through a dark and depressing landscape recalling the excruciating details of his last encounter with his former lover... See full synopsis »

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Plot Keywords:

anal sex | love | sexual obsession | very little dialogue | wedding dress | 

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

5 November 2005 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Rampo Noir

Filming Locations:

Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Albatros Film, Culture Publishers (CP), Geneon Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

134 min

Sound Mix:

DTS

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

References Ginî piggu 2: Chiniku no hana (1985)

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Soundtracks

"Bones"
Written by Yurayura Teikoku and Sakamoto Shintaro
Performed by Yurayura Teikoku

User Reviews

Nasty, Boring, Pretentious Rubbish

I had the misfortune of seeing this one at a Japanese film festival. The movie comes off as a pretentious sexual fantasy of a person who gets off on rape and sexual violence. Not exactly entertainment. The movie is completely hollow, what it has to say sounds very poetic but lacks substance, and all four stories are devoid of a compelling storyline. As a result, it feels as if you are watching pornography, very well shot yet very twisted and very very boring pornography ( unless you are seriously poorly adjusted, in which case you may get off on it, and should seek professional help). I don't want to enter into the what is art and what is pornography debate, i think sexual violence has its place in cinema, i thought Once Were Warriors, Irreversible and even The Hills have Eyes ( the original one) were excellent movies that to different extents contained sexual violence, in different contexts. The difference is those movies (well they are excellent and this is pathetic that is one difference) deplored sexual violence this seems to applaud it, and even enjoy it. The film gets nastier and more twisted as it goes along. The second story about mirrors and a string of mysterious murders is like an extremely substandard X files episode. The third story about a man with no arms, legs, or ability to speak being tortured but his wife wearing bondage gear, isn't my idea of a good time. Extremely stupid, really long ( 2 hours and fifteen minutes) and extremely boring. This a complete waste of time. Don't bother.