Rampo Noir

Sensuality and shock bleed together in this creepy anthology film from Japan adapted from a quartet of short stories by Taro Hirai, aka Edogawa Rampo-the "Japanese Edgar Allan Poe." Tadanobu Asano ("Ichi the Killer") appears in all four tales, naked and disoriented in "Mars Canal"; portraying Rampo's Detective Akechi character in "Mirror Hell" and "The Caterpillar"; and as an unattractive chauffeur obsessed with his beautiful employer in "Crawling Bugs." Mikako Ichikawa, Hanae Kan also star. 134 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: Japanese; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; featurettes; image gallery. In Japanese with English subtitles.