Blood (2009) Buraddo (original title)

Director:

Ten Shimoyama

Writers:

Shigenori Takechi (original story)
Shigenori Takechi (screenplay)

Release Date:

29 April 2009 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Horror

Plot:

Where does love and lust lead you...if you never die? What destiny awaits an immortal? Is there a destination for immortal love and lust...

Plot Keywords:

Japanese Horror Film | One Word Title | Female Nudity

Cast

Aya Sugimoto	...	Miyako
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Guts Ishimatsu
Jun Kaname	...	Ukyo Kuronuma
Satoshi Matsuda
Hidejiro Mizumoto
Yuri Morishita
Atsushi Narasaka
Rin Sakuragi
Harumi Sone
Masahiro Sudo
Kanji Tsuda	...	Hoshino
Sayo Yamaguchi

Directed by
Ten Shimoyama

Writing credits
Shigenori Takechi		(original story)
Shigenori Takechi		(screenplay)

Produced by
Shigeji Maeda	....	producer
Tsuneo Seto	....	producer
Kazuyuki Yokoyama	....	producer

Original Music by
Kiyoshi Yoshikawa

Cinematography by
Gen Kobayashi		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Seigo Hirasawa
Ten Shimoyama

Visual Effects by
Junya Okabe	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Keiya Tabuchi	....	stunt supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Noritaka Shiibara	....	gaffer

Editorial Department
Soichi Satake	....	pablo colorist

Production Companies

• Aya Pro Company
• Blood Film Partners
• Rakuei-sha
• There's Enterprise
• Toei Video Company

Distributors

• There's Enterprise (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• MVM (2010) (UK) (DVD)
• Toei Company (2009) (worldwide) (all media)
• Universe Laser & Video Co. Ltd. (2009) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Well Go (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Well Go (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Other Companies

• Aoi Studio  post-production sound services
• Arquebuse  foley design studio
• Griffith  crane and grip equipment supplied by
• Hoei Sangyo Co. Ltd.  film stock supplied by
• Malin Post  end title design
• Nihon Shomei Co.  lighting equipment supplied by
• Toei Labo Tech  digital intermediate
• Toei Labo Tech  prints
• Video Service  camera equipment supplied by

Also Known As:

"Buraddo" - Japan (original title)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS-Stereo

Certification:

Japan:R-15 | UK:15

Company:

Aya Pro Company

The other "Blood" movie

This mix of sex, vampires and martial arts seems like it will be a decent (if clichéd) vampire pic until the appearance of the first "wire-fu" sequence. Some fairly steamy sex and a scene in which a nude girl is bound and murdered establish an adult tone that is ruined when characters suddenly begin to fight like they're in The Matrix or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It's as if the director (who also did Shinobi: Heart Under Blade) really wanted to make a martial arts flick with plenty of sword fights, but since he had Aya Sugimoto (star of the erotic Flower & Snake films), he was obliged to throw in some gratuitous T&A. The script is extremely predictable, and the characters (with the exception of Sugimoto's young female servant) are unlikeable and keep spouting the same tired lines about how miserable it is to have eternal life. There are also some dodgy computer effects - when a character gets hit by a car and tossed into the air, you'll definitely laugh (the CG effect was like something out of Shaolin Soccer). The are some good points: the movie is well-lensed (Sugimoto usually picks projects that at least have good production values) and the wire work isn't bad, if that's your thing. I wouldn't be surprised if this gets fast-tracked for a North American release, since it's the kind of thing that seems to sell over here.