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Rampo Noir

Rampo Noir

4 chilling tales into the mind of madness.

2005•2h 14m•5.6/10
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5.6/10(32)

An anthology film consisting of four segments based on literary works by Edogawa Ranpo.

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Production

Albatros Filmproduktion, Culture Publishers, Geneon Entertainment, KADOKAWA, Micott & Basara K.K., New Select

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover

Hiroki Narimiya

Hiroki Narimiya

Toru (segment "Mirror Hell")

Ryuhei Matsuda

Ryuhei Matsuda

Tarô Hirai (segment "Caterpillar")

Yukiko Okamoto

Tokiko Sunaga (segment "Caterpillar")

Nao Omori

Nao Omori

First Lieutenant Sunaga (segment "Caterpillar")

Minori Terada

Minori Terada

Inspector Namikoshi (segment "Mirror Hell")

Yumi Yoshiyuki

Yumi Yoshiyuki

Sayoko (segment "Mirror Hell")

Yuko Daike

Yuko Daike

Harumi (segment "Mirror Hell")

Harumi Ogawa

Azusa (segment "Mirror Hell")

Tamaki Ogawa

Tamaki Ogawa

Fuyu Kinoshita (segment "Crawling Bugs")

Hiromasa Taguchi

Hiromasa Taguchi

Dermatologist (segment "Crawling Bugs")

Tomoya Nakamura

Tomoya Nakamura

Kobayashi (segment "Mirror Hell")

Hanae Kan

Hanae Kan

Kobayashi (segment "Caterpillar")

Mikako Ichikawa

Mikako Ichikawa

Fumiyo Akechi (segment "Mirror Hell")

Kaiji Moriyama

(segment "Mars Canal")

Susumu Terajima

Susumu Terajima

(segment "Mirror Hell")

Chisako Hara

Chisako Hara

(segment "Mirror Hell")

Masami Horiuchi

Masami Horiuchi

(segment "Mirror Hell")

Tarō Suwa

Tarō Suwa

Temple Priest (segment "Mirror Hell")

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