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The Watcher in the Attic (1976) [N/A]

Featuring:
Junko Miyashita, Renji Ishibashi, Hiroshi Chô

Written by:
Rampo Edogawa
Akio Ido

Directed by:
Noboru Tanaka


Release Date:
June 12, 1976

Original Title:
江戸川乱歩猟奇館　屋根裏の散歩者

Alternate Titles:
Der Voyeur
Edogawa Rampo ryôki-kan: Yaneura no samposha
La maison des perversités
The Stroller in the Attic
Watcher in the Attic
江户川乱步猎奇馆：屋脊里的散步者
江戸川乱歩猟奇館 屋根裏の散歩者

Genres:
Horror | Romance | Thriller

Production Companies:
Nikkatsu Corporation

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 18 

Runtime: 76

Overview from TheMovieDB

A shiftless resident in a boarding house spends his days crawling in the attic and spying on the renters below. One day he spies an elegant lady enter a room where a clown awaited her and watched as he pleasured her. But she spotted him watching and it aroused her more. Thus begins a story of two people who find they share similar desires and deadly passions.

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Overview from Open Movies

Based on a story by well-praised Japanese writer Edogawa Rampo. In Tokyo, 1923, Saburo Gouda is exploring secrets of his fellow-occupants of an apartment building. All from above, using spy-holes bored in ceilings of his neighbors rooms. After he sees a meeting between aristocratic (and bored) Lady Minako and a clown, he realizes, that pursuit of Minako's blooming dark realm of senses is drawing themselves by the corruption they both experience and cause.

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Rankings and Honors

The Watcher in the Attic (1976) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 5.8/10
Awards Won: 1 nomination

Performers

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Production

Art Direction:
Yoshie Kikukawa

Assistant Director:
Yoshiro Takahashi

Director:
Noboru Tanaka

Director of Photography:
Masaru Mori

Editor:
Osamu Inoue

Lighting Technician:
Hideo Kumagai

Original Music Composer:
Jirô Tateshina

Producer:
Yoshihiro Yûki

Screenplay:
Akio Ido

Short Story:
Rampo Edogawa

Sound Recordist:
Eiji Kimura

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