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D-Zaka no satsujin jiken

  • 1998
  • 1h 35m
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7.0/10
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D-Zaka no satsujin jiken (1998)
Mystery

Detective Kogoro Akechi is faced with a peculiar murder case involving forgeries of classic pornographic artworks.Detective Kogoro Akechi is faced with a peculiar murder case involving forgeries of classic pornographic artworks.Detective Kogoro Akechi is faced with a peculiar murder case involving forgeries of classic pornographic artworks.

  • Director
    • Akio Jissôji
  • Writers
    • Rampo Edogawa
    • Akio Satsukawa
  • Stars
    • Hiroyuki Sanada
    • Kyûsaku Shimada
    • Yumi Yoshiyuki
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    175
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Akio Jissôji
    • Writers
      • Rampo Edogawa
      • Akio Satsukawa
    • Stars
      • Hiroyuki Sanada
      • Kyûsaku Shimada
      • Yumi Yoshiyuki
    • 1User review
    • 2Critic reviews
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      • 1 win

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    Hiroyuki Sanada
    Hiroyuki Sanada
    • Seiichiro Fukiya
    Kyûsaku Shimada
    Kyûsaku Shimada
    • Kogoro Akechi
    Yumi Yoshiyuki
    Yûko Daike
    Yûko Daike
    • Mayumi Hanazaki
    Ittoku Kishibe
    Hitomi Miwa
    • Yoshio Kobayashi
    Chisako Hara
    • Mitsu Tsuchiya
    Masami Horiuchi
    Naomasa Musaka
    • Kinya Suzuki
    Shinichirô Okano
    Shinichirô Okano
    • Toshimitsu Ando
    Sosuke Saito
    • Isamu Saito
    Minori Terada
    Eishin Tôno
    • Kunio Sorimachi
    • Director
      • Akio Jissôji
    • Writers
      • Rampo Edogawa
      • Akio Satsukawa
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    The D-Slope Murder Case (1998)
    Edogawa Rampo was a peculiar Japanese writer whose works were heavily influenced by Edgar Allan Poe (in fact, the pseudonym Edogawa Rampo is just the Japanese pronunciation of Poe's name). His stories often dealt with macabre thematics, dark twists and sexual perversions. In other words, they seem perfectly adaptable to film, and indeed they were brought to the big screen, several times. One of those efforts is Akio Jissoji's 1998 film The D-Slope Murder Case, also known under the title Murder on D-Street, based on Rampo's novel.

    The film follows detective Kogoro Akechi, the famous character from Rampo's book series (basically the Japanese Sherlock Holmes) solving a strange murder case revolving around bondage artwork and art forgery. As you might expect from a Jissoji film, there's plenty of sadomasochism and creative camera angles. The mystery itself isn't really a mystery because we already know who the murderer is, so the main question is his motivation (the explanation for this is pretty wild). The actual investigation is really short and almost an afterthought (those psychological tests were the bomb back in the day I guess).

    The film has that lovely eerie Poe-ish atmosphere, boosted by a dissonant soundtrack, dark locations and interesting choices in direction. For example, the budget was too small to recreate the big towns from the 20s so the city scenes (transitions, mainly), show a small model of the city with little figurines that are supposed to be the passersbies, which is pretty ingenious. I also like the scenes which show the process behind creating a drawing; they're just so sensual and mesmerizing. The bondage scenes are to be expected from Jissoji, but they fit this movie better than they fit his earlier film Utamaro's World. Here, they do add to the dark atmosphere.

    By the way, that poster kicks some serious ass.
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    • Release date
      • May 16, 1998 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Murder on D Street
    • Production companies
      • Toei Company
      • Tohokushinsha Film Corporation (TFC)
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      1 hour 35 minutes
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      • Color

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