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Watcher in the Attic

Directed by Noboru Tanaka
Omnibus Entertainment
1976
76 Minutes
Japan
Japanese
Crime, Horror, Erotic, Asian, Classics
Asian Studies, Film Studies, Sex & Sexuality
NR
Watcher in the Attic
Watcher in the Attic
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The second film in Noboru Tanaka's "Showa Era Trilogy," WATCHER IN THE ATTIC is an adaption of a short story by seminal Japanese novelist Edogawa Rampo. Starring Junko Miyashita (the second "Queen" of Nikkatsu's Roman porno series) as Lady Minako, owner of a shabby boarding house in 1920s Tokyo, the film is a deviously grotesque and unapologetically voyeuristic tale of murder, deceit and forbidden love between the bizarre cast of characters living within it.

When one of the tenants, Goda (Renji Ishibashi), secretly witnesses Lady Minako perform a truly heinous act while spying on her through one of his attic peepholes, he is overcome with desire and begins plotting to kill a fellow tenant to demonstrate his love for her. Psychologically unbalanced, hauntingly atmospheric and ruthlessly erotic, Watcher in the Attic is a full-tilt descent into a carnal, gothic nightmare with an ending you won't soon forget.

Cast

  • Junko Miyashita
  • Renji Ishibashi
  • Hiroshi Cho
  • Kyoichi Mizuki
  • Aoi Nakajima
  • Highest Rating
    "Tanaka's film is quite hypnotic, beautifully shot and chock-a-block full of striking images. For those still unfamiliar with the not insignificant charms of Nippon eroticism, this film represents one of the finest in its field."
    Jasper Sharp, Midnight Eye
  • Highest Rating
    "“Watcher in the Attic” is undoubtedly a classic from Tanaka that has a particular theme of voyeurism."
    Deepesh Thapa, Taste Of Cinema
  • Highest Rating
    "Watcher in the Attic is an unsettling exploration of loneliness and obsession whose final moment serves as a perfect coda for the events that have unfolded."
    Michael Den Boer, 10k Bullets

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Awards & Recognition

Nominated
Gold Hugo
Chicago Int'l. Film Festival
Official Selection
San Sebastián Int'l. Film Festival
Official Selection
Rio de Janeiro Int'l. Film Festival
Official Selection
Thessaloniki Int'l. Film Festival
Official Selection
New Horizons Film Festival

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