Edogawa Rampo ryoki-kan: Yaneura no sanpo sha
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The film is set in 1923 in a cheap Tokyo boarding house. The landlord, Goda, roams through the attic, observing the weird lives of his tenants through holes in the ceiling. One day he sees a prostitute murder one of her clients and decides that at last he has found his soul mate... Based on stories by the Japanese master of horror, Edogawa Rampo. (official distributor synopsis)
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A light erotic drama about a voyeur who watches the personal lives of other tenants from the attic of an apartment building, and after emotionally succumbing to the wealthy landlady, he decides to take drastic action. It must be said that Watcher in the Attic goes at a very slow pace and does not offer nearly as much fun as it may seem at first glance. Nevertheless, it is a movie that delves into the themes of the secret desires of the human soul and eloquently outlines what society looked like in Japan in the 1920s. [The Shockproof Film Festival 2020]
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The Watcher in the Attic is a film that for a while immerses you in the secrets of lust and activities that usually happen behind closed doors and you don't want anyone to know about. You become a voyeur yourself, but the connection between the viewer and the characters is not that strong, which is probably the main stumbling block here. Yet for a while, you can become voyeurs yourself in this psychologically interesting game.
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