The Stroller in the Attic (a.k.a. Watcher in the Attic)
- Sunday, May 28, 18:00 Deutsches Filmmuseum
(Tickets only available at the Deutsches Filmmuseum) - 屋根裏の散歩者
Yaneura no sanposha - Japan 1976, 35mm, 76 min, Japanese with English subtitles
- Director: Noboru TANAKA
- Script: Akio IDO based on a novel by Edogawa Rampo
- Camera: Masaru MORI
- Cast: Junko MIYASHITA, Renji ISHIBASHI, Hiroshi CHO, Tokuko WATANABE, Koji YASHIRO
- Production & world sales: Nikkatsu
- Film copy: Japan Foundation
- With an introduction by Jasper Sharp
In the early 1920s, Lady Minako runs a boarding house in Tokyo inhabited by eccentric guests. One of them spends his time peeping on the tenants from the attic and soon finds himself involved in a series of bizarre deaths. Based on a story by Edogawa Rampo, this gorgeously shot erotic thriller hugely influenced the style of many subsequent adaptations of his works.