Tarō hirai better known by the pseudonym edogawa ranpo also romanized as edogawa rampo was a japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of japanese mystery fiction.
Edogawa rampo the stalker in the attic.
Yaneura no sanposha the stalker in the attic was originally published in the august 1925 issue of shin seinen and a translation was published in a collection of short stories and essays the edogawa rampo reader 2008 which gave 1926 as the story s original year of publication which has to be wrong.
The landlord of an apartment building has a disturbing habit of crawling around the attic and spying on his tenants.
Many of his novels involve the detective hero kogoro akechi who in later books was the leader of a group of boy detectives known as the boy detectives club.
1h 16min crime horror mystery 12 june 1976 japan the landlord of a boarding house in 1923 tokyo is keen on spying on the bizarre close encounters taking place beneath his roof.
He is known as one of the best detectives out there despite not being an ability user.
His eyes which are closed most of the time are brown.
The 1925 short story stalker in the attic forms the backbone of this movie but it borrows heavily from many other of ranpo s works notably the human chair.
The first five akechi mysteries the case of the murder on d hill the psychological test the black hand gang the ghost and the stalker in the attic were all published in the first half of 1925 as part of rampo s first serial for shin seinen magazine.
One day he sees a prostitute killing a customer and decides he s found his soulmate.
Ranpo is a young man with a fair complexion and short messy black hair.
Tarō hirai 平井 太郎 hirai tarō october 21 1894 july 28 1965 better known by the pseudonym edogawa ranpo 江戸川 乱歩 also romanized as edogawa rampo 1 was a japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of japanese mystery fiction.
Ranpo was an admirer of western mystery writers and especially of edgar allan poe.
Walker in the attic and walker in the attic is a 1976 japanese film in nikkatsu s roman porno series directed by noboru tanaka and starring junko miyashita.
Yaneura no sanposha aka stroller in the attic edogawa rampo theater.
And now they are available in english as well to delight a new audience.
Many of his novels involve the detective hero kogoro akechi who in later books was the leader of a group of boy.
Ranpo edogawa 江戸川 乱歩 edogawa ranpo is a member of the armed detective agency.
Edogawa rampo pseudonym of hirai tarō 1894 1965 is the acknowledged grand master of japan s golden age of crime and mystery fiction.
He is also a major writer in the tradition of japanese modernism and exerts a massive influence on the popular and literary culture of today s japan.
