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Rampo Edogawa(1894-1965)

  • Writer
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Rampo Edogawa was born on 21 October 1894 in Nabari-machi, Naga-gun, Mie Prefecture, Japan [now Nabari City, Mie Prefecture]. Rampo was a writer, known for Edogawa Rampo no bijo (1977), Shonen tanteidan: Tomei kaijin (1958) and Shonen tanteidan: Teki wa genshisenkoutei (1959). Rampo died on 28 July 1965.
BornOctober 21, 1894
DiedJuly 28, 1965(70)
BornOctober 21, 1894
DiedJuly 28, 1965(70)
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Edogawa Rampo no bijo (1977)
Edogawa Rampo no bijo
6.1
TV Series
  • Writer
Shonen tanteidan: Tomei kaijin
6.6
  • Writer
  • 1958
Shonen tanteidan: Teki wa genshisenkoutei (1959)
Shonen tanteidan: Teki wa genshisenkoutei
  • Writer
  • 1959
Shonen tanteidan: Kabutomushi no yoki
7.5
  • Writer
  • 1957

Credits

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Writer

  • Hadako no tenshi akai heya
    • based on a story by
    • 2021
  • Kaykobad (2021)
    Kaykobad
    7.9
    TV Movie
    • original story
    • 2021
  • The Butterfly Collector: The Red Room (2021)
    The Butterfly Collector: The Red Room
    7.3
    • short story
    • 2021
  • Mebiusu no akujo akai heya
    • based on a story by
    • 2020
  • Cineficción Radio (2019)
    Cineficción Radio
    3.2
    Podcast Series
    • story "The Vampires"
    • short story "Imomushi"
    • 2020
  • Kuro tokage (2019)
    Kuro tokage
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 2019
  • Ôshirô Maeda, Mahiro Takasugi, Gaku Sano, Koki Osamura, Mizuki Itagaki, and Mayu Hotta in Super Juvenile Detective Team NEO Beginning (2019)
    Super Juvenile Detective Team NEO Beginning
    • original novel creator
    • 2019
  • Edogawa Rampo Short Stories II Drama Special 2016
    7.2
    TV Mini Series
    • based on the short story
    • 2016
  • The Making of 'Watcher in the Attic'
    Video
    • based on the novel by
    • 2016
  • The Crawler in the Attic (2016)
    The Crawler in the Attic
    4.6
    • based on the novel by
    • 2016
  • Akechi Kogorô of 1925
    6.4
    TV Mini Series
    • based on the novel by
    • 2016
  • Kuro tokage (2015)
    Kuro tokage
    TV Movie
    • based on the novel by
    • 2015
  • Murder on D Street (2015)
    Murder on D Street
    5.1
    • based on the novel by
    • 2015
  • Katsumi Takahashi, Akira, and Ayame Gôriki in Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia's Case Files (2013)
    Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia's Case Files
    7.8
    TV Mini Series
    • short story
    • 2013
  • Lost Love Murder (2010)
    Lost Love Murder
    4.3
    • book
    • 2010
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Edogawa Ranpo
  • Born
    • October 21, 1894
    • Nabari-machi, Naga-gun, Mie Prefecture, Japan [now Nabari City, Mie Prefecture]
  • Died
    • July 28, 1965
  • Other works
    Novel: "Panorama-tô kitan". NOTE: Filmed as Horrors of Malformed Men (1969).

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Is a fan of Edgar Allan Poe and structured his pen name to be reminiscent of the Japanese pronunciation of Poe's name.
  • Nickname
    • Edogawa Ranpo

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