Blood: The Last Vampire (2009 film)

Blood: The Last Vampire
North American theatrical release poster
Directed by	Chris Nahon
Written by	Chris Chow
Based on	Blood: The Last Vampire by Production I.G
Produced by	Ronny Yu
Starring	Jun Ji-hyun Allison Miller Masiela Lusha JJ Feild Koyuki Liam Cunningham
Cinematography	Hang-Sang Poon
Edited by	Marco Cavé
Music by	Clint Mansell
Production companies	East Wing Holdings SAJ Beijing Happy Pictures Production I.G. Destination Films
Distributed by	Asmik Ace Entertainment (Japan) Pathé Distribution (France and United Kingdom) Edko Films (Hong Kong) Samuel Goldwyn Films (North America) Focus Features (International)
Release dates	29 May 2009 (2009-05-29) (Japan) 4 June 2009 (2009-06-04) (Hong Kong) 17 June 2009 (2009-06-17) (France) 10 July 2009 (2009-07-10) (United States)
Running time	91 minutes
Countries	France Hong Kong[1] China Japan United States
Languages	English Japanese
Box office	$5,874,530

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 stars Jun Ji-Hyun, Allison Miller, Liam Cunningham, Masiela Lusha, and Koyuki.

An international co-production of France, Hong Kong, China, Japan and the United States, 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.