The Mystery of Rampo

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 Stokers Dracula The films strongly Expressionistic direction skillfully combines a variety of media animation computergenerated imagery grainy blackandwhite fast film stock color negatives for artistic effect