"4 chilling tales into the mind of madness."
An anthology film consisting of four segments based on literary works by Edogawa Ranpo.
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Tadanobu Asano
Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover
Hiroki Narimiya
Toru (segment "Mirror Hell")
Ryuhei Matsuda
Tarô Hirai (segment "Caterpillar")
Yukiko Okamoto
Tokiko Sunaga (segment "Caterpillar")
Nao Omori
First Lieutenant Sunaga (segment "Caterpillar")
Minori Terada
Inspector Namikoshi (segment "Mirror Hell")
Yumi Yoshiyuki
Sayoko (segment "Mirror Hell")
Yuko Daike
Harumi (segment "Mirror Hell")
Harumi Ogawa
Azusa (segment "Mirror Hell")
Tamaki Ogawa
Fuyu Kinoshita (segment "Crawling Bugs")
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