Vampire Moth (1956)

Original title

吸血蛾

Directed by

Nobuo Nakagawa

Genre

horror, mystery

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 29m

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A private detective investigates a bizarre man in a hideous mask who stalks a nude model. The story plays like a gothic mystery where the threat turns out to be human rather than supernatural.

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What happens

Vampire Moth (Japanese: 吸血蛾, Hepburn: Kyuketsuga) is a 1956 Japanese film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa. It is based on the novel of the same name by Seishi Yokomizo. The film is about a professional nude model stalked by a bizarre, unknown man wearing a hideous mask. It has been described as the first Japanese vampire film, but in which the creature is revealed not to be supernatural, similar to The Cat and the Canary. Ryō Ikebe stars as the noted detective Kindaichi Kosuke. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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