Rampo Edogawa
Writing
Tarō Hirai (平井 太郎 Hirai Tarō, October 21, 1894 – July 28, 1965), better known by the pseudonym Edogawa Ranpo (江戸川 乱歩), also romanized as Edogawa Rampo, was a Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery fiction. Many of his novels involve the detective hero Kogoro Akechi, who in later books was the leader of a group of boy detectives known as the "Boy Detectives Club" (少年探偵団 Shōnen tantei dan). Ranpo was an admirer of Western mystery writers, and especially of Edgar Allan Poe. His pen name is a rendering of Poe's name. Other authors who were special influences on him were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whom he attempted to translate into Japanese during his days as a student at Waseda University, and the Japanese mystery writer Ruikō Kuroiwa. -- Wikipedia
Known for
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movieMirage
2026
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movieCocoon
2026
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movieMrs. Osei Takes Action
2022
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movieKaykobad
2021
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movieThe Butterfly Collector: The Red Room
2021
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movieNaked Angel : The Red Room
2021
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movieSuper Juvenile Detective Team NEO Beginning
2019
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tvEdogawa Ranpo Short Stories
2016
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Black Lizard
2015
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movieCaterpillar
2010
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movieLost Love Murder
2010
Short Story
movieRampo Noir
2005
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movieZero Woman 2005
2004
Screenplay
movieGemini
1999
Short Story
movieThe Mystery of Rampo
1994
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movieA Watcher in the Attic
1994
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movieThe Beauty of the Sundial Mansion
1988
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tvAnimated Classics of Japanese Literature
1986
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movieEnchanted Beauty
1980
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movieThe Faceless Man
1977
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tvEdogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
1977
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movieThe Watcher in the Attic
1976
Short Story
少年探偵団 (BD7)
1975
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movieBlind Beast
1969
Short Story
movieThe Hidden Treasure
1959
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The Boy Detectives Club – The Enemy Is an Atomic Submarine
1959
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movieThe Spider-Man
1958
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movieThe Boy Detectives Club – The No-Headed Man
1958
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The Boy Detectives Club – The Invisible Fiend
1958
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The Boy Detectives Club – The Glow-in-the-Dark Monster
1957
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movieThe Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend
1957
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movieShonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki
1957
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The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Faces
1956
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The Boy Detectives Club – Doctor Phantom
1956
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movieCrossroad
1956
Story
movieMysterious Dwarf
1955
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The Bronze Monster
1954
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movieGhost Tower
1948
Original Story
movieThe Palette Knife Murder
1946
Short Story
Directing1
movieChōchō shissō jiken
1947
Script Coordinator