Rampo Noir Limited Edition Bllu-Ray

Four filmmakers from completely different backgrounds offer their radically personal perspectives on the stories of Japan's famous master of the macabre, Edogawa Rampo (Horrors of Malformed Men, Blind Beast).

In Mars' Canal, by music video director and visual artist Suguru Takeuchi, a lonely man encounters the other side of his psyche beyond the reflective surface of a circular pond in a desolate landscape. Akio Jissoji (This Transient Life, Mandala), Japanese auteur of the New Wave and prolific director of the Ultraman series, uses his distinctive stylistic flair in his tale of a mad mirror maker, Mirror Hell. Caterpillar shows cult director Hisayasu Sato (The Bedroom, Naked Blood) at his most grotesque in his portrait of a damaged war veteran who returns from the front line as little more than a bloody torso, unable to defend himself against his embittered wife's increasingly perverted whims. Finally, a famous actress is subjected to the obsessive attention of her limousine driver in Crawling Bugs, the directorial debut of internationally acclaimed manga artist Atsushi Kaneko (Bambi and Her Pink Gun).

Rampo Noir is produced by the same team behind Ichi the Killer and Uzumaki, and with some of Japan's biggest stars in the cast, including Tadanobu Asano (Maboroshi, Silence) and Ryuhei Matsuda (Blue Spring, Gohatto), the film is a stylistic tour-de-force that vividly evokes the "erotically grotesque" worlds created by Japan's pioneering horror and mystery storytellers. CONTENTS IN LIMITED EDITION High-definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation

Lossless Japanese stereo audio in the original

Optional newly translated English subtitles

Brand new audio commentaries by Japanese film experts Jasper Sharp and Alexander Zahlten

Another World, a new interview with Suguru Takeuchi, director of Mars's Canal

A Moving Transformation, a new interview with Hisayasu Sato, director of Caterpillar

Butterfly Queen, a new interview with Atsushi Kaneko, manga artist and director of Crawling Bugs

Hall of Mirrors, a new interview with cinematographer Masao Nakabori about working with Akio Jissoji and Mirror Hell

The Butterfly Effect, a new interview with Akiko Ashizawa, cinematographer behind Caterpillar

Looking in the Mirror, a new interview with actress Yumi Yoshiyuki about Mirror Hell

Archival footage of actors and directors from the Japanese premiere of Rampo Noir

Crossing the Lens, a feature-length documentary by Tatsuya Fukushima from 2006

Image gallery

Reversible cover with original and newly commissioned artwork by Luke Insect

Illustrated collection booklet with newly written texts about the film by Eugene Thacker and Seth Jacobowitz