A Watcher in the Attic (1994)
In 1923, in a cheap Tokyo rooming house, a languid young man named Goda was feeling bored with his life. One day while playing dress up with a woman’s wig and lipstick, he accidentally loosens a ceiling board in his closet. Climbing up, he discovers a dimly lit passageway under the roof leading to the resident’s other rooms. Soon he is scampering about like a ninja, making knotholes and moving ceiling boards for a better view. What he sees are the intimate acts - sadistic, criminal or vaguely mad - that reveal infinitely more about his fellow roomers than the various fronts they present to the world.
Released: Mar 25, 1994
Runtime: 74 minutes
Stars: Hiroshi Mikami, Kan'ichi Hiraga, Masami Horiuchi, Masumi Miyazaki, Naomasa Musaka, Kyūsaku Shimada
Crew: Akio Jissoji (Director), Rampo Edogawa (Short Story), Osamu Inoue (Editor), Akio Satsukawa (Screenplay), Iwao Takahashi (Assistant Director), Masao Nakabori (Director of Photography)