Death at an Old Mansion (1975)
- Original title
- 本陣殺人事件
- Directed by
- Yoichi Takabayashi
- Genre
- horror film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A detective investigates a locked-room murder at a remote mansion. The film follows the unraveling of a family's dark secrets.
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What happens
Death at an Old Mansion (Japanese: 本陣殺人事件, Hepburn: Honjin satsujin jiken) is a 1975 Japanese horror film directed by Yoichi Takabayashi, based on the mystery novel The Honjin Murders (1946) by Seishi Yokomizo. It was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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