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")
Nao Ohmori	...	First Lieutenant Sunaga (story "Imomushi") (as Nao Oomori)
Yukiko Okamoto	...	Tokiko Sunaga (story "Imomushi")
Hiromasa Taguchi	...	(segment "Mushi")
Minori Terada	...	(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

Creepy and Kinky Art!

"Rampo Noir" (Rampo Jigoku) is a gorgeous, creepy, kinky to the extreme as well as beautifully conceived and well crafted compendium of four stories by Japanese author Edogawa Rampo (a transliteration of Edgar Allan Poe and the nom de plume of Taro Hirai): "Mars Canal", "Mirror Hell", "The Caterpillar" and "Crawling Bugs". "Mars Canal" bookends the program and launches us into the three other nightmares. "Mirror Hell" was fun and simply GORGEOUS to look at! "The Caterpillar" (which is the pet name a woman has given her husband for horridly KINKY reasons!) totally CREEPED me out! "Crawling Bugs" was dizzyingly lovely to look at, though quite unnerving as the lead character's 'dilemma' was eerily reminiscent of one of my best friends! It has been released on DVD (region 3) in Japan and I. Must. Have. IT!!