Kyōfu kikei ningen : Edogawa Ranpo zenshū /

恐怖奇形人間 : 江戶川乱步全集 /

Young medical student, Hirosuke, assumes the identity of a dead man in order to solve the mystery of a weird doppelganger. Traveling from circus sideshows to a desolate island, he discovers a web-fingered madman who surgically remakes normal human beings into misshapen monsters. But that is only the...

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Corporate Author:	Arrow Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Ishii, Teruo, 1924-2005 (Screenwriter), Kakefuda, Masahiro (Screenwriter) (Screenwriter), Yoshida, Teruo, 1936- (Actor), Kagawa, Yukie (Actor), Yumi, Teruko (Actor), Aoi, Mitsuko (Actor), Kaburagi, Hajime (composer (expression)), Mes, Tom, 1974- (Commentator), Schilling, Mark, 1949- (Commentator), Edogawa, Ranpo, 1894-1965
Format:	Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:	Japanese
Language Notes:	In Japanese, with optional English subtitles.
Published:	[United States] : Arrow Video, [2018]
Subjects:	Doppelgängers > Drama. Scientists > Drama. Monsters > Japan > Drama. Freak shows > Japan > Drama. Edogawa, Ranpo, > 1894-1965. Freak shows. Monsters. Japan. Foreign films. Motion pictures, Japanese. Horror films. Mad scientist films. Film adaptations. Feature films. Fiction films. Drama.

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Summary:	Young medical student, Hirosuke, assumes the identity of a dead man in order to solve the mystery of a weird doppelganger. Traveling from circus sideshows to a desolate island, he discovers a web-fingered madman who surgically remakes normal human beings into misshapen monsters. But that is only the beginning, for Hirosuke has yet to learn the shocking truth about the strange island and his family's shameful past.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture by Tōei in 1969. Based on the novel "Panoramatō kidan" by Edogawa Ranpo.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (33 pages ; illustrations ; 15 cm)
Format:	Blu-ray; region A; 16:9 presentation; LPCM 1.0.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Akatsuka Shigeru ; music, Kaburagi Hajime ; editor, Kanda Tadao.