The Watcher in the Attic

  • English The Stroller in the Attic (festival title) (more)
Erotic / Drama / Thriller
Japan, 1976, 76 min

Directed by:

Noboru Tanaka

Screenplay:

Akio Ido
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The film is set in 1923 in a cheap Tokyo boarding house. The landlord, Goda, roams through the attic, observing the weird lives of his tenants through holes in the ceiling. One day he sees a prostitute murder one of her clients and decides that at last he has found his soul mate... Based on stories by the Japanese master of horror, Edogawa Rampo. (official distributor synopsis)

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