Kyôfu kikei ningen: Edogawa Rampo zenshû

Name: Kyôfu kikei ningen: Edogawa Rampo zenshû
Genre: Horror
Released: 1969-10-31
Duration: 1 h 39 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Teruo Yoshida, Yukie Kagawa, Teruko Yumi

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1h 39m

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6.5/10

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Kyôfu kikei ningen: Edogawa Rampo zenshû (1969)

Horror

After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appeared to be his doppelganger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad... Read allAfter escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appeared to be his doppelganger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad scientist and his malformed men.After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appeared to be his doppelganger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad scientist and his malformed men.

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

1.6K

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POPULARITY

29,746

4,197

Director
- Teruo Ishii
Writers
- Teruo Ishii(screenplay)
- Masahiro Kakefuda(screenplay)
- Rampo Edogawa(novel "Panorama-tô kitan")
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Trivia
Although this film had built a reputation, it was not available for viewing in the United States for 40-50 years. It finally was released on DVD in the U.S. but some, if not all, did not contained English dubbing or subtitles. Lack of theatrical showings was possibly due to the extensive topless nudity throughout the film. It was reportedly banned outright in many areas.

Connections
Featured in Malformed Memories (2007)

Soundtracks
Utsukushiki Tennen (aka: Beautiful Nature)
Composed by Hozumi Tanaka
Circus music

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5/10

One of the most popular movie by Director Teruo Ishii

The movie directed by Teruo Ishii was part of series of very radical erotic violence movies that he directed for Toei studio in the late '60s and early '70s.

The story is an edit on many novels written by Edogawa Ranpo (who got his name from Edgar Alan Poe), but gathered fans and has become a popular story since it was made. Kogoro Akechi is the main protagonist that appears in many of Ranpo's novels.

Kogoro Akechi has somewhat become like the Sherlock Homes of Japan. Becoming the focus of many mystery drama with even new stories invented like this one long after the death of his creator.

This is a pretty interesting story, and no wonder it still garners fan base. It's an improbably story, but it carries the essence of Ranpo's novel that contains strange and unusual situation, and characters. Actors, and acting are first rate, and has the over the top craziness that director Ishii is known for, that makes this movie worth watching.

It's not a mainstream movie by any means, but is an interesting movie from the '60s Japan.

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