Rampo Edogawa
Writer · Died July 28, 1965, aged 70 · Mie, Japan
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, was a Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery fiction. 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" (少年探偵団 Shōnen tantei dan). Ranpo was an admirer of Western mystery writers, and especially of Edgar Allan Poe. His pen name is a rendering of Poe's name. Other authors who were special influences on him were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whom he attempted to translate into Japanese during his days as a student at Waseda University, and the Japanese mystery writer Ruikō Kuroiwa. -- Wikipedia
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 20, 1894
- July 28, 1965 (aged 70)
- Mie, Japan
- Writer
- 8 on MovieCove · 81 credits in all
What are Rampo Edogawa's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 8
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 5
Grounded 1 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 3
Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 4
Steady 2 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 3
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 4
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 4
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Rampo Edogawa's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Rampo Edogawa's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
81 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.
Mirage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Cocoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Mrs. Osei Takes Action (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Kaykobad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
The Butterfly Collector: The Red Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Naked Angel : The Red Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Mebiusu no akujo akai heya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Black Lizard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The Traveler with the Pasted Rag Picture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Crawler In The Attic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Edogawa Ranpo Short Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Black Lizard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Caterpillar(2010)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Lost Love Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Rampo Noir(2005)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Zero Woman 2005 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Gemini(1999)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Murder on D Street(1998)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
The Human Chair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Secret Liaisons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
The Mystery of Rampo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Edogawa Rampo Theater: The Man Who Travels With Prints (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
A Watcher in the Attic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
The Beauty in Mourning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
The Beautiful Mechanical Doll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
The Mysterious Lightning Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
The Phantom Beauty of Kobe Rokko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
The Beauty of the Sundial Mansion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
The Beauty in the Red Riding Outfit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
The Beauty in the Black Mask (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
The Beauty with the Enchanting Melody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Animated Classics of Japanese Literature (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
The Beauty of the Black Pearl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Beauty with a Mysterious Scar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Beauty in the Flames (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
White skinned beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Beauty at the Bottom of the Lake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
The Beauty at the Dressing Table (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
The Beauty of Heaven and Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Enchanted Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
The Beauty of the Big Clock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Red Scorpion Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
The Jeweled Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Fairy Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
White Mermaid Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
The Beauty in the Bathroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
The Faceless Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
A Scream from Nowhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
The Watcher in the Attic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
少年探偵団 (BD7) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Yane-ura no sanpo-sha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Horrors of Malformed Men(1969)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Blind Beast(1969)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Black Lizard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Black Lizard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
The Hidden Treasure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
The Boy Detectives Club – The Enemy Is an Atomic Submarine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
The Spider-Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
The Boy Detectives Club – The No-Headed Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
The Boy Detectives Club – The Invisible Fiend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
The Boy Detectives Club – The Glow-in-the-Dark Monster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
The Boy Detectives Club – The Revenge of Twenty Faces (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Faces (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
The Boy Detectives Club – Doctor Phantom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Crossroad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Mysterious Dwarf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
The Bronze Monster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Monster with Twenty Faces (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Hyōchū no Bijo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Ghost Tower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
Chōchō shissō jiken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
The Palette Knife Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)
Career shape
A full career of 81 titles from 1946 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow (2008)
Highest rated
Blind Beast (1969)
Most popular right now
Gemini (1999)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Rampo Edogawa's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 67th percentile, the median of the 7 of 8 with a score; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 7 titles divides audiences: 6 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 45/100 and the plot and story 48/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Rampo Edogawa work with?
People who share at least 2 of Rampo Edogawa's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Akio Jissōji shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Akio JissōjiShared titles: Rampo Noir (2005), Murder on D Street (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Akio Jissōji
Writers
- Akio SatsukawaShared titles: Rampo Noir (2005), Murder on D Street (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Akio Satsukawa
Actors
- Shiho FujimuraShared titles: Inju: The Beast in the Shadow (2008), Gemini (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Shiho Fujimura
- Minori TeradaShared titles: Rampo Noir (2005), Murder on D Street (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Minori Terada
- Yûko DaikeShared titles: Rampo Noir (2005), Murder on D Street (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Yûko Daike
- Yumi YoshiyukiShared titles: Rampo Noir (2005), Murder on D Street (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Yumi Yoshiyuki
