Ranpo jigoku

"4 chilling tales into the mind of madness."

Nov 5 2005 Not Rated 2h 14m
Fantasy, Horror

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

Plot

A Japanese anthology film consisting of four segments on works by Edogawa Ranpo. Mars Canal - A story told without speaking. It tells the story of a naked man who wanders through a depressing and desolate landscape recalling memories of his former lover. Mirror Hell - The story revolves around a detective who is trying to find out why several women are being found dead with burnt faces and charred skulls. During his investigation he finds an odd hand mirror at the scene that starts unraveling the mystery. Caterpillar - A war hero returns home with severe injuries. He is deaf with no limbs and only his eyesight remaining. His beautiful wife, tired of taking care of him, turns to torturing him for her amusement. Crawling Bugs - An actress is returning home from a successful night on stage, until her limo driver decides that she should be coming home with him.

Written by

Rampo Edogawa, Atsushi Kaneko, Akio Satsukawa

Directed by

Akio Jissôji, Atsushi Kaneko, Hisayasu Satô

Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Geneon Entertainment, Culture Publishers (CP), Albatros Filmproduktion, New Select, Kadokawa, Micott & Basara K.K.

Languages

Awards

1 win

Scores
# of Votes
1,339
Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA