Watcher in the Attic
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Theatrical poster for Watcher in the Attic (1976)
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| Directed by | Noboru Tanaka |
| Produced by | Yoshiteru Yūki |
| Written by | Edogawa Rampo (story) Akio Ido (screenplay) |
| Starring | Junko Miyashita |
| Music by | Jirō Tateshina |
| Cinematography | Masaru Mori |
| Edited by | Osamu Inoue |
| Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
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76 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Watcher in the Attic (江戸川乱歩猟奇館 屋根裏の散歩者? Edogawa Rampo ryōkikan: yaneura no sanposha) aka Stroller in the Attic, Edogawa Rampo Theater: Walker in the Attic and Walker in the Attic is a 1976 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Noboru Tanaka and starring Junko Miyashita.
In 1923 Tokyo Lady Minako is the owner of a shabby boarding house with a collection of bizarre characters for tenants. Gōda, one of her tenants, spends most of his time in the attic spying on the other tenants through holes he has drilled into the ceiling. During one of his peeping sessions, Gōda witnesses the murder of one of the tenants at the hand of Lady Minako. Gōda becomes obsessed with Lady Minako, and determines to commit a grotesque murder in order to prove to her that he is her soul mate. He kills another tenant - a priest - by dripping poison into his mouth through the ceiling. A series of grotesque murders follow. The film ends apocalyptically with the Great Kantō earthquake which kills both of them during their intercourse.
This film was the middle entry in director Tanaka's "Showa Era Trilogy", which includes A Woman Called Sada Abe (1975) and Beauty's Exotic Dance: Torture! (1977). All three films star Junko Miyashita. The story was based on a novel by the Japanese horror-mystery writer, Edogawa Rampo. It had been filmed as a pink film in 1970 by director Akitaka Kimata, and Akio Jissoji remade Watcher in the Attic in 1995 in one of the earliest un-fogged pink films. The uncensored version of Jissoji's film was released internationally, though the Japanese theatrical release of this film was fogged.
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