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Directed by | Chris Nahon |
Written by | Chris Chow |
Based on | Blood: The Last Vampire by Production I.G |
Produced by | Ronny Yu |
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Cinematography | Hang-Sang Poon |
Edited by | Marco Cavé |
Music by | Clint Mansell |
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Distributed by | Asmik Ace Entertainment (Japan) Pathé Distribution (France and United Kingdom) Edko Films (Hong Kong) Samuel Goldwyn Films (North America) Focus Features (International) |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
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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.