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Rampo Edogawa
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1894Born, Mie
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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…
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Blind BeastShort Story
GeminiShort Story
Horrors of Malformed MenNovel
Rampo NoirShort Story
CaterpillarShort Story2026CocoonOriginal StoryMovie
2022Mrs. Osei Takes ActionOriginal StoryMovie
2021KaykobadStoryMovie
2021The Butterfly Collector: The Red RoomOriginal StoryMovie
2021Naked Angel : The Red RoomOriginal ConceptMovie
2020Mebiusu no akujo akai heyaNovelMovie
2019Black LizardNovelMovie
2019Super Juvenile Detective Team NEO BeginningOriginal Series CreatorMovie
2018The Traveler with the Pasted Rag PictureNovelMovie
2016The Crawler In The AtticWriterMovie
2016Edogawa Ranpo Short StoriesOriginal Story · 12 episodesShow
2015Black LizardOriginal StoryMovie
2010CaterpillarShort StoryMovie
2010Lost Love MurderShort StoryMovie
2008Inju: The Beast in the ShadowNovelMovie
2005Rampo NoirShort StoryMovie
2004Zero Woman 2005ScreenplayMovie
2002Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu MensoAuthorMovie
2001Blind Beast vs Killer DwarfNovelMovie
1999GeminiShort StoryMovie
1998Murder on D StreetNovelMovie
1997The Human ChairNovelMovie
1995Secret LiaisonsNovelMovie
1994The Mystery of RampoOriginal StoryMovie
1994Edogawa Rampo Theater: The Man Who Travels With PrintsWriterMovie
1994A Watcher in the AtticShort StoryMovie
1994The Beauty in MourningNovelMovie
1992The Beautiful Mechanical DollNovelMovie
1990The Mysterious Lightning BeautyNovelMovie
1989The Phantom Beauty of Kobe RokkoNovelMovie
1988The Beauty of the Sundial MansionOriginal StoryMovie
1987The Beauty in the Red Riding OutfitNovelMovie
1987The Beauty in the Black MaskNovelMovie
1986The Beauty with the Enchanting MelodyNovelMovie
1986Animated Classics of Japanese LiteratureOriginal Story · 3 episodesShow
1985The Beauty of the Black PearlNovelMovie
1985Beauty with a Mysterious ScarNovelMovie
1984Beauty in the FlamesWriterMovie
1983White skinned beautyWriterMovie
1982Beauty at the Bottom of the LakeWriterMovie
1982The Beauty at the Dressing TableWriterMovie
1982The Beauty of Heaven and HellWriterMovie
1980Enchanted BeautyOriginal StoryMovie
1980Beauty of the Land of Cherry BlossomsNovelMovie
1979The Beauty of the Big ClockWriterMovie
1979Red Scorpion BeautyNovelMovie
1979The Jeweled BeautyWriterMovie
1978Fairy BeautyNovelMovie
1978The Beauty of the Black NarcissusNovelMovie
1978White Mermaid BeautyWriterMovie
1978The Beauty in the BathroomNovelMovie
1977The Faceless ManOriginal StoryMovie
1977Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzuOriginal Story · 33 episodesShow
1977A Scream from NowhereNovelMovie
1976The Watcher in the AtticShort StoryMovie
1975少年探偵団 (BD7)Original Story · 26 episodesShow
1970Yane-ura no sanpo-shaNovelMovie
1969Horrors of Malformed MenNovelMovie
1969Blind BeastShort StoryMovie
1968Black LizardNovelMovie
1962Black LizardNovelMovie
1959The Hidden TreasureOriginal StoryMovie
1959The Boy Detectives Club – The Enemy Is an Atomic SubmarineOriginal StoryMovie
1958The Spider-ManOriginal StoryMovie
1958The Boy Detectives Club – The No-Headed ManOriginal StoryMovie
1958The Boy Detectives Club – The Invisible FiendOriginal StoryMovie
1957The Boy Detectives Club – The Glow-in-the-Dark MonsterOriginal StoryMovie
1957The Boy Detectives Club – The Revenge of Twenty FacesOriginal StoryMovie
1957The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron FiendOriginal StoryMovie
1957Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no YokiOriginal StoryMovie
1956The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty FacesOriginal StoryMovie
1956The Boy Detectives Club – Doctor PhantomOriginal StoryMovie
1956CrossroadStoryMovie
1955Mysterious DwarfOriginal StoryMovie
1954The Bronze MonsterOriginal StoryMovie
1954Monster with Twenty FacesWriterMovie
1950Hyōchū no BijoNovelMovie
1948Ghost TowerOriginal StoryMovie
1947Chōchō shissō jikenScript CoordinatorMovie
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