Arrow Video investigates RAMPO NOIR (review)

The macabre stories of Edogawa Rampo, the Japanese Edgar Allan Poe/H.P. Lovecraft/Sir Arthur Conan Doyle/Gaston Leroux, are explored in this anthology featuring shorts by pink film icon Hisayasu Sato (NAKED BLOOD), artfilm and ULTRAMAN director Akio Jissoji (THIS TRANSIENT LIFE), music video director Suguru Takeuchi, and manga artist Atsushi Kaneko.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (US/UK) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

RAMPO NOIR Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Japanese film experts Jasper Sharp and Alexander Zahlten 
• "Another World" interview with Suguru Takeuchi, director of "Mars's Canal" 
• "A Moving Transformation" interview with Hisayasu Sato, director of "Caterpillar" 
• "Butterfly Queen" interview with Atsushi Kaneko, manga artist and director of "Crawling Bugs" 
• "Hall of Mirrors" interview with cinematography advisor Masao Nakabori of "Mirror Hell" 
• "The Butterfly Effect" interview with Akiko Ashizawa, the cinematographer of "Caterpillar" 
• "Looking in the Mirror" interview with actor Yumi Yoshiyuki about "Mirror Hell" 
• Stage Greeting with the Cast and Directors from the Japanese Premiere 
• "Crossing the Lens" 2006 documentary by Tatsuya Fukushima (75 mins) 
• Image Galleries 
• Comes in a slipcover with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Luke Insect, and an illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Eugene Thacker and Seth Jacobowitz.
  

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