El vigilante en el ático (1976)

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Watcher in the Attic , also known as Stroller in the Attic, Edogawa Rampo Theater: Walker in the Attic, or Walker in the Attic, is a 1976 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Noboru Tanaka and starring Junko Miyashita.

Background

This film was the middle entry in director Tanaka's "Showa Era Trilogy", which includes A Woman Called Sada Abe (1975) and Beauty's Exotic Dance: Torture! (1977). All three films star Junko Miyashita. The story was based on a novel by the Japanese horror-mystery writer, Edogawa Rampo.

Lead actress Junko Miyashita had joined Nikkatsu with the third entry in the Apartment Wife series, Apartment Wife: Unforgettable Night (1972). She starred in several of Nikkatsu's greatest Roman Porno successes, and became known as the second "Queen" of Roman Porno after the retirement of Kazuko Shirakawa. A skillful and versatile actress, her career also benefitted by appearing in films by Nikkatsu's best directors.

Lead actor Renji Ishibashi had background in the live theater, and made a name for himself in Roman porno for psychologically unbalanced characters. Besides Watcher in the Attic, another of his major roles is in Tatsumi Kumashiro's Woman with Red Hair (1979), also starring Junko Miyashita. He later regularly appeared in old yakuza roles in the films of Takashi Miike and others.

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