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

19691969
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1h 39m

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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.

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6.5/10

1.6K

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POPULARITY

25,549

1,567

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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8/10

for those not easily shocked

Well, where to begin? This notorious Japanese horror has finally surfaced and our first concern is what was so terrible that kept it banned for so long? Made just over 20 years after the atomic bomb was exploded over Hiroshima, some of this film looks as if some of the short-lived survivors might have made it to the set. Both the way the deformity issue is enthused over here and the clear connection with the bomb attack, make this a true horror. We begin with vivid scenes inside a mental institution but then the film settles down into a creepy mystery before cracking open about half an hour in, whence we find ourselves in the Mexican, Jodorowsky territory, and then worse. This film is not particularly well written and is uneven and occasionally rather silly but nevertheless this is still a work of some considerable power. A one off and a must see for those not easily shocked.

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