Misterio y erotismo basado en los relatos de Edogawa Rampo 'D-Zaka no Satsujin Jiken'( D坂の殺人事件 / 'The D-Slope Murder Case', 1925) and 'Shinri Shiken' ( 心理試験 /'El Test Psicológico', 1925) en la cual él mismo es el encargado del guión. Kogorô Akechi, el famoso detective creado por Rampo, investiga un asesinato relacionado con el extraño pedido a un falsificador de reproducir una serie de cuadros de temática bondage por parte de una misteriosa mujer, lo que lleva a una situación inesperada a todos los implicados.
D-zaka no Satsujin Jiken ****
Akio Jissoji's feature from 1998 proves to be surprising fun. Not really much of a mystery, it's based on an Edogawa Rampo short story about art forger Hiroyuki Sanada who goes to extreme lengths to ensure that his fakes are never discovered, sometimes burning the originals, even murdering the client. Director Jissoji uses some wonderful little touches to keep the film entertaining - exteriors shot on intricate model streets, expressionist angles and deep chiaroscuro in the exquisite Showa interiors - even as the esoteric mystery plot unwinds slowly. Sanada has great fun as the forger, especially when his muse deserts him and he's forced to tie himself up in drag to find inspiration for a series of erotic-grotesque drawings. Lantern-jawed Kyusaku Shimada turns up as famous detective Akechi in the end and does a bit of art criticism and elementary psychological testing to get his man. A stylish, unfairly overlooked little gem.
John Wilmot (tokyoq.com)
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Kemushi por el ISO Original
Ripeo y corrección subs. : Chiu / ADC Team
Sincronización por glopglop
Y especialmente a elguaxo, professor keller y Silien por su ayuda y paciencia
Saludos!
