Moju: The Blind Beast (Shinbaku Books: Fictions)
Edogawa Rampo (1894 1965) was born Taro Hirai; his pen-name is a Japanese version of Edgar Allan Poe, his literary hero. Films based on his works include: Horrors Of Malformed Men (directed by Teruo Ishii); The Human Chair; and The Black Lizard, featuring Yukio Mishima. Moju: The Blind Beast was filmed in 1969 by Yasuzo Masumura, and remains a masterpiece of "erotic-grotesque" Japanese cinema.