Blood
Blood ブラッド
“The Ancient Pleasure, The Ultimate Death”
Synopsis
Police Detective Hoshino (Kanji Tsuda) investigates the murder of a maid at a mansion belonging to Miyako Rozmberk (Sugimoto), a seductive vampire mistress and "cougar" all in one. Ukyo Kuronuma (Jun Kaname), an Edo-era swordsman who was turned into a vampire by Miyako is fingered for the crime but before anything can be done about it Hoshino ends up under Miyako's spell as well. This leads Hoshino and Ukyo to battle one another for the privilege of staying with Miyako for eternity.
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A Ten Shimoyama Film"Blood" official theatrical TrailerOfficial
Type: Trailer • Published 2010-02-20
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Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Ten Shimoyama
- Screenplay & Story
- Shigenori Takechi
- Original Score
- Kiyoshi Yoshikawa
- Original Title
- Blood ブラッド
- Country of Origin
- Japan
- Spoken Languages
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Production Studios
- Blood Film Partners
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Ten Shimoyama
Shigenori Takechi
Kiyoshi Yoshikawa
Gen Kobayashi
Seigo Hirasawa, Ten Shimoyama
Shigeji Maeda, Tsuneo Seto, Kazuyuki Yokoyama
Department Leadership Roster
Shigenori Takechi
Screenplay
Ten Shimoyama
Director
Kiyoshi Yoshikawa
Original Music Composer
Gen Kobayashi
Director of Photography
Shigeji Maeda
Producer
Tsuneo Seto
Producer
Kazuyuki Yokoyama
Producer
Seigo Hirasawa
Editor
Ten Shimoyama
Editor
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What is Blood about?
Police Detective Hoshino (Kanji Tsuda) investigates the murder of a maid at a mansion belonging to Miyako Rozmberk (Sugimoto), a seductive vampire mistress and "cougar" all in one. Ukyo Kuronuma (Jun Kaname), an Edo-era swordsman who was turned into a vampire by Miyako is fingered for the crime but before anything can be done about it Hoshino ends up under Miyako's spell as well. This leads Hoshino and Ukyo to battle one another for the privilege of staying with Miyako for eternity.
Who directed Blood?
Blood was directed by Ten Shimoyama.
Who stars in Blood?
The principal cast of Blood includes Aya Sugimoto, Guts Ishimatsu, Jun Kaname, Kanji Tsuda, Sayo Yamaguchi.
When was Blood released and how long is it?
Blood was released in 2009 with a total runtime of 1h 26m.
Who composed the musical score for Blood?
The original motion picture soundtrack for Blood was composed by Kiyoshi Yoshikawa.