Note: This movie is not Cat III, but it did recieve an "R" rating in the US "for images of bizarre sexuality".
Title: Rampo
Also Known As: The Mystery of Rampo
Year: 1995
Directed: Rintaro Mayuzumi, Kazuyoshi Okuyama
Genres: Drama, Mystery
Runtime: 100 min.
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese
Subtitles: English (hardsubs)
Cast:
Masahiro Motoki ... Kogoro Akechi
Naoto Takenaka ... Edogawa Rampo
Michiko Hada ... Shizuko
Teruyuki Kagawa... Masashi Yokomizo
Mikijiro Hira ... Marquis Ogawara
Shirô Sano ... Officer
Imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110943/
Summary:
(from Rotten Tomatoes)
Fantasy merges with reality in this unique mystery-thriller, inspired by the work of controversial Japanese author Edogawa Rampo. A woman has murdered her husband in a manner very similar to a killing depicted in an unpublished work of Rampo's, which the government has banned. After meeting the murderess, the famous writer is surprised to see that she also bears an uncanny physical resemblance to the character who sprung from his imagination. Rampo soon becomes so obsessed with her that he makes the woman a protagonist in his next novel as well. However, complications develop when Rampo starts imagining himself inside the fictional world he's creating. Before long, it's difficult for him -- and the viewer -- to distinguish the boundaries between fantasy and reality.
File Specs
Type: movie
File Format: .mp4
Video Codec: MPEG-4 Visual
Video Bitrate: 999 Kbps
Video Resolution: 640 x 352
AR: 16:9
File Size: 814 MB
Frame Rate: 23.976 fps
Audio: Japanese
Audio Codec: MPEG-4 AAC
Audio Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Subtitle: English (hardsubs)
Source: 1995 US Release DVD Rip
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