On the surface, Saya is a stunning 16-year-old, but that youthful exterior hides the tormented soul of a 400-year-old “halfling.” Born to a human father and a vampire mother, she has for centuries been a loner obsessed with using her samurai skills to rid the world of vampires, all the while knowing that she herself can survive only on blood like those she hunts.
When she is sent onto an American military base in Tokyo by the clandestine organization she works for, Saya immediately senses that this may be her opportunity to finally destroy Onigen, the evil patriarch of all vampires. Using her superhman strength and her sword, she begins to rid the base of its evil infestation in a series of spectacular and elaborate showdowns.
However, it is not until she forms her first human friendship in centuries with the young daughter of the base’s general that Saya learns of her greatest power over Onigen may well be her ability for human connection…
Blood: The Last Vampire, released in Japan as Last Blood, is a horror-action film, a Hong Kong-French-British co-production; it is the remake of the 2000 anime film of the same name.
Directed by Chris Nahon and co-produced by French company Pathé and Hong Kong company Edko with the blessing of Production I.G, the English-language 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. The film focuses on a half-human, half-vampire girl named Saya (Jun Ji-hyun, credited as Gianna Jun) who hunts full-blooded vampires in partnership with humans and seeks to destroy Onigen, the most powerful of vampires.
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Blood: The Last Vampire
Starring: Gianna Jun, Allison Miller, Masiela Lusha, JJ Feild, Koyuki
Directed by: Chris Nahon
Screenplay by: Chris Chow, Kenji Kamiyama, Ronny Yu
Release Date: July 10th, 2009
MPAA Rating: R for strong bloody stylized violence.
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Box Office Totals
Domestic: $257,412 (4.6%)
Foreign: $5,279,549 (95.4%)
Total: $5,536,961 (Worldwide)