Horrors of Malformed Men (Edogawa Rampo taizen: Kyofu kikei ningen)

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Directed by

Teruo Ishii

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Teruo Yoshida
Hirosuke Hitomi / Genzaburô Komoda

Yukie Kagawa
Shizuko

Yumiko Katayama
Female Patient A

Mie Hanabusa
Mie

Masaomi Kondo
Takeshi

Hideo Kô
Guard

Akira Ôizumi
Priest B

Tôru Yuri
Priest A

Written by

Teruo Ishii
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Rampo Edogawa

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The Strange Tales of Edogawa Rampo

15 years, 11 months ago at May 7 23:20

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Here's a somewhat legendary Japanese cult film, that I've been wanting to see, ever since I read a review for it in Phil Hardy's "Encyclopedia of Horror" back in the late '80s. It was apparently banned in some countries, and it's still banned in its native Japan. Although, it is a bizarre ride and a bit disturbing, it's not overly gory. The reason for the ban in Japan is actually simpler than that... read more

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Description: After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appeared to be his doppelganger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad scientist and his malformed men. ... (more)

Release date: 31 October 1969

Tags: Japan (2), Horror (2), 1969 (2), Japanese (2), Based On Novel (2), Mad Scientist (1), Ero-guro (1), Knife (1), Deformity (1), Siamese Twins (1), Whipping (1), Freakshow (1), Edogawa Rampo (1), Madhouse (1), Altered People (1), East Asia (1), 99 Min. (1), Surrealism (1), Color (1)

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"When you start Horrors of Malformed Men it's obviously a five star movie! Then you realize you're watching a Jesus Franco -esque women in prison -thing except it's a mental institute and it's quite offensive. Then you realize hey that was just a brief moment now we get on with this plot. Then you realize it becomes a Jesus Franco erotic film which means a lot of people standing around talking and or looking at one another with intent to bone and a case of mistaken identity that leads to some "

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