4 chilling tales into the mind of madness.
An anthology film consisting of four segments based on literary works by Edogawa Ranpo.
Suggested Topics:
Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover
Toru (segment "Mirror Hell")
Tarô Hirai (segment "Caterpillar")
Tokiko Sunaga (segment "Caterpillar")
First Lieutenant Sunaga (segment "Caterpillar")
Inspector Namikoshi (segment "Mirror Hell")
Sayoko (segment "Mirror Hell")
Harumi (segment "Mirror Hell")
Azusa (segment "Mirror Hell")
Fuyu Kinoshita (segment "Crawling Bugs")
Dermatologist (segment "Crawling Bugs")
Kobayashi (segment "Mirror Hell")
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1992
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