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| - | '''Edogawa Rampo''', also ''Edogawa Ranpo'', ([[October 21]], [[1894]] - [[July 28]], [[1965]]) was a [[Japanese author]] and [[critic]]. He wrote many works of [[detective fiction]]. [[Kogoro Akechi]] was the primary detective of these novels. | + | '''Tadanobu Satō''' (born November 27, 1973) is a Japanese actor and musician. |
| - | Rampo was a great admirer of western [[Mystery fiction|mystery]] writers, and especially of [[Edgar Allan Poe]]. The pseudonym "Edogawa Rampo" is actually a Japanese rendering of Poe's name. Other authors who were special influences on him were [[Maurice Leblanc]] and [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]]. | + | He is known for his roles as Dragon Eye Morrison in ''[[Electric Dragon 80.000 V]]'', Kakihara in ''[[Ichi the Killer (film)|Ichi the Killer]]'', Mamoru Arita in ''[[Bright Future (film)|Bright Future]]'', Hattori Genosuke in ''[[Zatōichi (2003 film)|Zatoichi]]'', Kenji in ''[[Last Life in the Universe]]'', A man in ''[[Survive Style 5+]]'', Ayano in ''[[The Taste of Tea]]'', [[Temujin]] in ''[[Mongol (film)|Mongol]]'', Captain Yugi Nagata in ''[[Battleship (film)|Battleship]]'', Lord [[Kira Yoshinaka]] in the ''[[47 Ronin (2013 film)|47 Ronin]]'' and [[Hogun]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], based on the [[Marvel Comics]] character. In 2016, he appeared as the Interpreter in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s ''[[Silence (2016 film)|Silence]]''. Three years later, he portrayed [[Rear Admiral]] [[Tamon Yamaguchi]] in ''[[Midway (2019 film)|Midway]]'' (2019). |
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| - | His work has been adapted to film many times. A slightly fictionalized Rampo is the main character of the 1994 film ''[[The Mystery of Rampo]]''. The 2005 [[anthology film]] ''[[Rampo Jigoku]]'' (aka ''[[Rampo Noir]]''), starring [[Tadanobu Asano]], adapts four of his short stories. | + | |
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| - | Rampo's work has been influential to the ''[[ero guro nansensu]]'' style of ''[[Pink film|pinku eiga]]'', particularly of the 1960s and 70s, such as [[Teruo Ishii]]'s ''Horror of the Malformed Men'' (1969) and [[Yasuzo Masumura]]'s ''[[Blind Beast]]'' (1969), both based on the works of Rampo. | + | |
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| - | == Biographical Information == | + | |
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| - | Tarō Hirai was born in [[Mie Prefecture]] in 1894. He grew up in [[Nagoya]] and studied economics at [[Waseda University]] starting in 1912. After graduating in 1916 he worked a series of odd jobs, including newspaper editing and selling [[soba noodles]] as a street vendor. | + | |
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| - | In 1923 he wrote his first mystery story, "[[The Two-Sen Copper Coin]]." (Nisen Dõka, 二銭銅貨). The story was soon published under the nom de plume "Edogawa Rampo" by the magaizine "[[Shin Seinen]]," which had also published stories by [[Edgar Allan Poe]], [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], and [[GK Chesterton]]. Although there is a history of crime literature in Japan, this is generally acknowledged to be the first original modern-style [[Japanese mystery story]]. | + | |
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| - | He later went on to found and head the [[Japan Mystery Writers' Club]]. | + | |
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| - | Rampo could understand spoken English, but could not speak or read well. He and his translator, James B. Harris, collaborated for five years on the first English translation of some of his stories. | + | |
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| - | == Thematic Elements == | + | |
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| - | *Many of Rampo's characters are preoccupied with planning and executing a "perfect crime." | + | |
| - | *[[Mirrors]], [[lens (optics)|lenses]], and other [[optical devices]] appear in many of Rampo's stories and as symbols of distorted or heightened reality. | + | |
| - | *Many of Rampo's stories include characters who were wounded or disfigured during [[World War I]]. | + | |
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Tadanobu Satō (born November 27, 1973) is a Japanese actor and musician.
He is known for his roles as Dragon Eye Morrison in Electric Dragon 80.000 V, Kakihara in Ichi the Killer, Mamoru Arita in Bright Future, Hattori Genosuke in Zatoichi, Kenji in Last Life in the Universe, A man in Survive Style 5+, Ayano in The Taste of Tea, Temujin in Mongol, Captain Yugi Nagata in Battleship, Lord Kira Yoshinaka in the 47 Ronin and Hogun in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, based on the Marvel Comics character. In 2016, he appeared as the Interpreter in Martin Scorsese's Silence. Three years later, he portrayed Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi in Midway (2019).
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