| Blood-Club Dolls 2 | |
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| Directed by | Shutaro Oku |
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| Based on | Blood-C by Production I.G and CLAMP |
| Produced by | Sennosuke Okumura |
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| Cinematography | Akinaga Fujii |
| Music by | Kōsuke Nishimoto |
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Running time | 75 minutes[1] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Blood-Club Dolls 2[a] is a 2020 Japanese action horror film written and directed by Shutaro Oku with Junichi Fujisaku as a co-writer based on the 2011 anime television series Blood-C co-created by studio Production I.G and manga artist group CLAMP. Co-distributed by NEGA and MOVIC, Club Dolls 2 is the sequel to Blood-Club Dolls 1 (2018), and is also set before the events of Blood-C: The Last Dark anime film (2012), as Saya Kisaragi is continuing her pursuit to find Fumito Nanahara; in the universe Blood-C, humanity are secretly preyed upon a race called the Elder Bairns,[b] whose feeding is kept under control by an ancient agreement called Shrovetide. The film focuses on Sōen (who was introduced in Blood-C: The Last Mind stage play), and his underground fightclub called "Blood-Club".[2] The film stars Ryūnosuke Matsumura, Ryō Kitazano, Keisuke Minami, and Maon Kurosaki with Kanon Miyahara as Saya. Club Dolls 2 was released in Japan on July 11, 2020.[3]
The film marks the third live-action film adaptation for the Blood-C series, and a fourth for the Blood franchise since Blood: The Last Vampire (2009).[4]
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