Vampire Hunter D (1985)

Original title

バンパイアハンターD

Directed by

Toyoo Ashida

Genre

fantasy film, horror film, science fiction film, post-apocalyptic film, vampire film, horror anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 540 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a post-apocalyptic future, a young woman hires a half-vampire hunter to protect her from a powerful vampire lord. The hunter must battle the lord's monstrous minions and confront his own dual nature.

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What happens

Vampire Hunter D (Japanese: 吸血鬼ハンターD, Hepburn: Banpaia Hantā Dī) is a 1985 Japanese original video animation directed by Toyoo Ashida from a screenplay by Yasushi Hirano. It is based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Hideyuki Kikuchi. The film is set in the year 12,090 AD, in a post-nuclear holocaust world where a young woman hires a mysterious half-vampire, half-human vampire hunter to protect her from a powerful vampire lord. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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