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Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)

Blood: The Last Vampire poster
Directed by
Chris Nahon
Genre
action film, horror film, vampire film
Country
Hong Kong, Argentina, People's Republic of China, France
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
R
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 430 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A half-vampire girl named Saya hunts full-blooded vampires with human allies. She is trying to destroy the most powerful vampire, Onigen.

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What happens

Blood: The Last Vampire, released in Japan as Last Blood (Japanese: ラスト・ブラッド, Hepburn: Rasuto Buraddo), is a 2009 action horror film directed by Chris Nahon, written by Chris Chow, produced by Ronny Yu and Bill Kong, and stars Jun Ji-Hyun, Allison Miller, Liam Cunningham, Masiela Lusha, and Koyuki. An international co-production of France and Hong Kong, the film is a live-action adaptation of the anime film of the same name created and produced by studio Production I.G. Like its source material, the film focuses on a half-human, half-vampire girl named Saya (Ji-hyun) who hunts full-blooded vampires in partnership with humans and seeks to destroy Onigen, the most powerful of vampires. The film was released in Japan and other Asian markets on 29 May 2009. It was released in the United Kingdom on 26 June 2009 and saw a limited release to theatres in the United States starting on 10 July 2009. It received unfavorable reviews, being negatively compared to its source material. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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