The Stroller in the Attic (a.k.a. Watcher in the Attic)

The Stroller in the Attic (a.k.a. Watcher in the Attic)
The Stroller in the Attic © 1976 Nikkatsu Corporation
  • 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.

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