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Rampo Noir
Rampo Noir

Rampo Noir

4 chilling tales into the mind of madness.

Genres

FantasyHorrorThriller

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

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

134 mins

Rating

5.6/10

Release Date

11 May 2005

Country

Japan

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

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

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

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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