This Japanese vampire film in centred on Hoshino, a detective working for a cold case unit. He is determined to solve the murder of a maid fourteen years previously before it reaches the statute of limitations. He visits the victim's employer, Miyoko Romberk, and she tells him that she knows the identity of the killer... Ukyo Kuronuma, a powerful businessman. Events lead to two shocking truths; Miyoko and Ukyo are vampires and after needing rescue from Ukyo so is Hoshino; how will he cope now he is destined to live forever?
This is a decent enough film; far from a must see but not terrible either. The story has some interesting ideas, including some fun changes to normal vampire lore; here only a small number of people with the right blood can become vampires. Other pluses are the numerous action scenes, even if some of the wire work is a bit too obvious, and solid enough acting from the fairly small cast. There is some nudity, this is fairly gratuitous and sometimes part of scenes that seem to be there to pass a few minutes rather than add to the story. The music is also rather distracting; sounding like it came from a cheesy TV show from the '80s. Overall I'd say this passes the time well enough but isn't a must see.
These comments are based on watching the film in Japanese with English subtitles.
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