BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE Live Action Movie on R1 DVD and Blu-ray

Live Action Movie Based on Hit Anime Streets October 20 Source: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Official Movie Site: Blood The Last Vampire

Batlike vampires called Chiroptera are the prey of the half-human, half-vampire hunter Saya in BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE. Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. © 2009 East Wing Holdings Corp. and SAJ.

From a producer of HERO and CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON comes BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE, based on the cult hit anime. Demons have infested Earth, and only one warrior stands between the dark and the light: Saya, a half-human, half-vampire samurai who preys on those who feast on human blood. Joining forces with the shadowy society known as the Council, Saya is dispatched to an American military base, where an intense series of swordfights leads her to the deadliest vampire of all. Now after 400 years, Saya`s greatest hunt is about to begin. She`s here... and there will be blood. Following a US theatrical run this past summer from Samuel Goldwyn Films, director Chris Nahon’s (KISS OF THE DRAGON) martial arts horror thriller BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE will be released on DVD and Blu-ray this month by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The film is a live action adaption of the award-winning anime of the same name from Production I.G. (GHOST IN THE SHELL, KILL BILL VOl. 1) and Aniplex. The new movie was created by an international partnership that includes East Wing Holdings Corp., Pathé, the Hong Kong-based EDKO Film, the French production company SAJ, and cooperation and support from Production I.G.

The cast features South Korean actress and model Gianna Jun (MY SASSY GIRL) as Saya, Japanese actress Koyuki (the ALWAYS- SUNSET ON THIRD STREET movie series) as Onigen, Liam Cunningham (THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR) as Michael, Masiela Lusha (THE GEORGE LOPEZ SHOW) as Sharon, JJ Feild (K19: THE WIDOWMAKER) as Luke, Colin Salmon (DR WHO) as Powell, and Andrew Pleavin (300) as Frank Nielsen.

BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE

Running Time: 89 Minutes Rating: R Genre: Action/Horror/Monsters Cast Saya: Gianna Jun Alice McKee: Allison Miller Michael: Liam Cunningham Luke: JJ Feild Kato Takatora: Yasuaki Kurata Onigen: Koyuki Sharon: Masiela Lusha

Staff Director: Chris Nahon Producers: Jamie Beardsley, William Kong, Abel Nahmias, Ronny Yu Screenplay: Chris Chow, Kenji Kamiyama, Ronny Yu
DVD Screen Format: 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen Language: English 5.1 Subtitles: English (US), French (Parisian) Discs: 1 SRP: $24.96 Special Features • The Making of Blood: The Last Vampire • Battling Demons: Behind the Stunts Blu-ray Screen Format: 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen Language: English 5.1 Subtitles: English (US), French (Parisian) Discs: 1 SRP: $34.95

Special Features: • Storyboard Gallery • The Making of Blood: The Last Vampire • Battling Demons: Behind the Stunts

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For more information, videos, and images from BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE, please see the previous coverage here on SciFi Japan: