
Birthday:
10-20-1894
Deathday:
07-28-1965 (70 years)
Birthplace:
Mie, Japan
Biography
Tarō Hirai (平井 太郎 Hirai Tarō, October 21, 1894 – July 28, 1965), better known by the pseudonym Edogawa Ranpo (江戸川 乱歩), also romanized as Edogawa Rampo, was a Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery fiction. Many of his novels involve the detective hero Kogoro Akechi, who in later books was the leader of a group of boy detectives known as the "Boy Detectives Club" (少年探偵団 Shōnen tantei dan).
Ranpo was an admirer of Western mystery writers, and especially of Edgar Allan Poe. His pen name is a rendering of Poe's name. Other authors who were special influences on him were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whom he attempted to translate into Japanese during his days as a student at Waseda University, and the Japanese mystery writer Ruikō Kuroiwa.
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Ranpo was an admirer of Western mystery writers, and especially of Edgar Allan Poe. His pen name is a rendering of Poe's name. Other authors who were special influences on him were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whom he attempted to translate into Japanese during his days as a student at Waseda University, and the Japanese mystery writer Ruikō Kuroiwa.
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Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
Novel
event2008 star_border 4.9
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The writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work of the mysterious Japanese writer Shundei Oe, considered by him to be the master of manipulation.
The Butterfly Collector: The Red Room
Original Story
event2021
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A former high school teacher Sugiura lost everything when he was caught, peeping photos of his favorite student and living a degenerate life. One day, a girl named Rumi, wearing high school uniform, appears in front of Sugiura. They are immediately drowns in lust and Rumi crashes into Sugiura's apartment. Gradually, Sugiura becomes obsessed with Rumi and tie her down. When Sugiura's dark desire to leave her in a beautiful, young appearance forever, and Rumi's deep feeling towards Sugiura crosses, they head towards a beautiful but sad ending.
Naked Angel : The Red Room
Original Concept
event2021
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Matsunaga, the president of a real estate company, spends his week in a secret hideaway to forget his title and social status. One day, he meets Fumiko, a girl who has a mysterious charm, and is gradually attracted to him. Matsunaga deepened his relationship with her, but suddenly a mysterious man appeared.
Black Lizard
Novel
event1962 star_border 7.1
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The cunning detective Akeichi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel thief known as Black Lizard.
Zero Woman 2005
Screenplay
event2004 star_border 5
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The Metropolitan Police Department '0'section, known as an organization in the police department that investigates a closed case. Well-trained detective in the '0' section, Rei, is looking for her memory that was lost during the training, while also investigating a human traffic which young woman being a victim. One day, classified killer virus was seized by rising terrorists. To investigate this case, public safety sent Sarah Kodama who specializes in molecular biology and computer, to work with Rei but Rei refuses to work with Sarah. Sarah was curious about mysterious Rei, so she starts to collect Rei's information and goes to see Rei's former boss, Asami. However, the man who appeared in front of Sarah was an assassinator who contemplates destruction of '0' section. What happens to Sarah...!? What is in Rei's lost memories!?
Kaykobad
Story
event2021
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Based on Edogawa Ranpo's short story The Human Chair.
Horrors of Malformed Men
Novel
event1969 star_border 5.8
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After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appears to be his doppelganger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad scientist and his malformed men.
Super Juvenile Detective Team NEO Beginning
Original Series Creator
event2019
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High school student Yoshiro Kobayashi (Mahiro Takasugi) is the great-grandchild of the first president of the Boy Detectives Club. He enjoys time with his friends Watari (Gaku Sano) and Saya (Mayu Hotta). One day, the Fiend with Twenty Faces appears in front of Yoshiro. Mysterious cases then takes place in sequence.
Caterpillar
Original Story
event2010 star_border 6.4
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The story of a village woman given the grueling task of looking after (and fulfilling the sexual needs of) her quadruple amputee husband, a Japanese soldier in the Second Sino-Japanese War who has been decreed a "War God" by the Emperor.
Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf
Novel
event2001 star_border 3.5
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A blind masseur kidnaps young women and kills them and then make sculptures of them, while a mysterious dwarf spreading severed body parts around. Detective Akechi Kogorô investigating crimes.
Secret Liaisons
Novel
event1995
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Movie adaptation of a novel by Rampo Edogawa.
The Mystery of Rampo
Original Story
event1995 star_border 7
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Edogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing and injurious to the public to be allowed to be published. However, after burning his drafts, his publisher shows him a newspaper with an account of events just like his forbidden story. As the film progresses, fantasy and reality intermingle in a tale that draws heavily on influences from Poe and Stoker's Dracula. The film's strongly Expressionistic direction skillfully combines a variety of media (animation, computer-generated imagery, grainy black-and-white fast film stock, color negatives) for artistic effect.
The Human Chair
Novel
event1997 star_border 5
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After seeing her husband off to work, the young author identified only as Yoshiko sets off to read the large collection of letters she received from other young authors. These are often letters containing samples of their work for critique. One large envelope contains a letter. The letter-writer does not provide his name. The letter is a confession of crimes. The letter-writer has no family or friends, and claims to be "ugly beyond description". He is a chair maker and loves his work and all the chairs he creates, even going so far as to claim some sort of intangible connection to his work.
Rampo Noir
Original Story
event2005 star_border 5.9
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An anthology film consisting of four segments based on literary works by Edogawa Ranpo.
A Scream from Nowhere
Original Story
event1977 star_border 6
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In 1930, the chance meeting of a novelist and one of his fans opens the door to a series of mysterious events culminating in the death of a wealthy industrialist who may have been leading a double life.
Ghost Tower
Original Story
event1948
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Horror film directed by Kôzô Saeki.
The Bronze Monster
Original Story
event1954
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In this four part mystery-adventure, detective Kogoro Akechi and the members of the Boy Detectives Club must capture the Bronze Monster, a giant metal monster that steals valuable clocks.
The Spider-Man
Original Story
event1958 star_border 4.8
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Adaptation of Edogawa Ranpo's novel.
The Boy Detectives Club – Doctor Phantom
Original Story
event1956
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First film in the Boy Detectives Club series.
The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Faces
Original Story
event1956
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Second film in the Boy Detectives Club series.
Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki
Original Story
event1957
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A man with many disguises uses robotic beetles, man-made monsters and other devices to try and steal atomic power.
The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend
Original Story
event1957
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Fourth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.
The Boy Detectives Club – The Glow-in-the-Dark Monster
Original Story
event1957
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Sixth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.
The Boy Detectives Club – The Invisible Fiend
Original Story
event1958
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Seventh film in the Boy Detectives Club series.
The Boy Detectives Club – The No-Headed Man
Original Story
event1958
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Eighth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.
The Boy Detectives Club – The Enemy Is an Atomic Submarine
Original Story
event1959
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Ninth and final film in the Boy Detectives Club series. Features Tatsuo Umemiya's film debut.
The Boy Detectives Club – The Revenge of Twenty Faces
Original Story
event1957
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Fifth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.
Mobius Villain: The Red Room
Writer
event2020
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Rampo Adaptaton released in 2020
Monster with Twenty Faces
Writer
event1954
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Edogawa Rampo's famous detective
Mysterious Pygmy
Original Story
event1955
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Horror film about a killer dwarf.
The Beauty in the Bathroom
Novel
event1978
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Original work: The second installment of Edogawa Rampage's Inference Masterpiece series, which began airing on Asahi TV in the second half of the 1970s and gained popularity. Famous actor Tian Zhimao plays detective wise Kogoro. A magician who targets the Yucun family, who obtain huge wealth through gemstones. Even the wise Kogoro was fooled by his meticulous criminal plan
Black Lizard
Novel
event1968 star_border 6.7
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A detective tries to outwit a jewel thief who has kidnapped the daughter of a jeweler to get to an exquisite diamond.
Murder on D Street
Novel
event1998 star_border 7.2
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Detective Kogoro Akechi is faced with a peculiar murder case involving forgeries of classic pornographic artworks.
The Traveler with the Pasted Rag Picture
Novel
event2018
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The story begins in the early Showa era of the 20th century. A mysterious old man on a train relates the disappearance of his older brother three decades ago, near the 12-story Ryounkaku tower that once stood in the seaside town of Uozu, Japan. The mystery revolves around telescopes, peep shows, and the blurred boundary between reality and dreams.
A Watcher in the Attic
Short Story
event1994 star_border 4.8
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In 1923, in a cheap Tokyo rooming house, a languid young man named Goda was feeling bored with his life. One day while playing dress up with a woman’s wig and lipstick, he accidentally loosens a ceiling board in his closet. Climbing up, he discovers a dimly lit passageway under the roof leading to the resident’s other rooms. Soon he is scampering about like a ninja, making knotholes and moving ceiling boards for a better view. What he sees are the intimate acts - sadistic, criminal or vaguely mad - that reveal infinitely more about his fellow roomers than the various fronts they present to the world.
Palette knife no satsujin
Short Story
event1946
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Based on the short story The Psychological Test by Edogawa Rampo.
The Faceless Man
Original Story
event1977
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Okada, who had escaped death in the duel, suffered the greatest humiliation in the presence of his beloved Fumiko, and disappeared. Mitani and Fumiko are united, but when Okada's body is found, Fumiko becomes embroiled in a terrible incident... The story is about a beautiful woman who sends all the men who woo her to their deaths.
Edogawa Rampo Theater: The Man Who Travels With Prints
Writer
event1994
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At the beginning of the Showa era, a man who was captivated by a girl he saw through a telescope locked her in a "painting". Visualization based on Rampo's "Oshie and Traveling Man". Released in 1994 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Rampo's birth.
The Hidden Treasure
Original Story
event1959
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Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.
Blind Beast
Short Story
event1969 star_border 6.5
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A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female form. Here a deranged passion play of sensual and sexual obsession is acted out in world where sight is replaced by touch.
Hyōchū no Bijo
Novel
event1950
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Based on the novel The Vampire (Kyūketsuki) by Edogawa Ranpo.
Crossroad
Story
event1956 star_border 4.7
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Ise, a successful entrepreneur, accidentally murders his lunatic wife after he is spotted having an affair with his secretary, Harumi. In his attempt to perfect his crime, he drives to a remote quarry to bury his wife’s body, but along the way, he finds another dead body in the back of his car! Given no choice, Ise dumps both bodies. Meanwhile, Yoshie begins her search for her missing brother, Yoshihiko. After surprising twists and turns, Ise faces his fate.
Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso
Author
event2002 star_border 5
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At the end of World War II, a secret human experiment was being conducted in Manchuria, which was in the sphere of influence of the Japanese military. One man's face was to be transformed into that of a completely different person through plastic surgery. Shortly after operation, Japanese military facility where the man was staying was involved in a battle and collapsed, and he disappeared. In 1948, a letter of warning from the Twenty Faces was posted on the wall of the Japanese Museum. The notice read, “All national treasures will be taken away. The police, aware of the warning letter, rush to the Japanese Museum...
The Crawler In The Attic
Writer
event2016 star_border 6.6
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Private detective Kogoro (Kouta Kusano) receives a request from Naoko (Yuki Mamiya). She is the daughter of a family that runs a large hosital. Naoko wants private detective Kogoro to investigate her fiance Endo (Yasushi Fuchikami) and whether he is having an affair with university student Teruko (Noriko Kijima).
The Watcher in the Attic
Short Story
event1976 star_border 5.9
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A shiftless resident in a boarding house spends his days crawling in the attic and spying on the renters below. One day he spies an elegant lady enter a room where a clown awaited her and watched as he pleasured her. But she spotted him watching and it aroused her more. Thus begins a story of two people who find they share similar desires and deadly passions.
Gemini
Short Story
event1999 star_border 6.6
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When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.
Lost Love Murder
Short Story
event2010
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Shuichi Minamida lives comfortably on the proceeds of his father's legacy, but he struggles with the idea that his beautiful wife, Moyako, no longer loves him. One day he confesses his worries to Kotoura, his dentist. Kotoura summons the Akechi detective agency and asks them to investigate his friend's wife, Miyako. Fumiyo Akechi takes the case and begins her investigation. She soon notices that something strange is going on between Miyako and the dentist. This observation leads to a tragic ending which none of those involved could ever imagine.
Black Lizard
Novel
event2019
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Set in the future where it is commonplace for high tech crimes to get through cyber defense, Iwase Shobei, a wealthy man and well-known collector of gems, asks private investigator Akechi Kogoro to provide personal protection for his daughter Sanae. Iwase has been warned that she will be kidnapped. The mysterious phantom thief Kurotokage, who deftly replaces precious gems with imitations, stands in Akechi's way. However, Kogoro catches on that Madam Midorikawa, the owner of an exclusive hotel who has give shelter to Sanae, is actually Kurotokage, and prevents Sanae's abduction. However, he is hampered by a trick laid in the entire hotel and fails to catch her. At that moment, the thief and famous investigator secretly fall in love. Akechi chases Kurotokage and eventually learns about her tragic past and surprising identity. Although swayed by forbidden love, both have a final showdown at Kurotokage's secret museum which houses her collection. Who will be the victor?—Jdrama Weblog
Animated Classics of Japanese Literature
Original Story (3 ep.)
event1986 star_border 7
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A brilliant collection of beautifully animated episodes based on selected masterpieces of Japanese modern literature.
The aim of this series is to appeal to the viewer at large and to give him or her some idea of the variety and individuality which Japanese literature has developed over the last hundred years.
The authors range from Higuchi Ichiyou (Takekurabe), Mori Ougai (The Dancing Girl) and Natsume Souseki (Botchan) to Kawabata Yasunari (The Izu Dancer), Nobel laureate of 1968, and Mishima Yukio (The Sound of Waves).
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