Elephantine fantasy-reality dance in which a true-life case in pre-war Japan seems to mirror the plot of a censored, unpublished novel by mystery writer Edogawa Rampo (1894-1965). Then the writer puts pen again to paper, and puts his alter ego -- the fictional Detective Akechi -- on the case. Lots of cutesy visual effects, including an excerpt from a Thirties-style black-and-white cliffhanger, an anachronistic animation sequence, and some "experimental" razzmatazz. With Naoto Takenaka and Michiko Hada; directed by Kazuyoshi Okuyama. (1994) — Duncan Shepherd
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