The Cinema-Mad Sibling Recommends: "Blood: The Last Vampire"

Here is an overview. The film stars a whole cadre of Asian film stars, including the South Korean actress Jeon Ji-hyeon.

The flick is about vampires, demons, violent action scenes, monster-hunting, and swordfights. That should be enough to get a certain demographic flocking to the cinema. Oh, plus the flick contains Japanese schoolgirls in uniform. (The demographic now starts sprinting to the cinema.)

Actually, the movie seems to be to be a kind of Asian Buffy the Vampire Slayer, since -- of course -- it's the cute Japanese schoolgirl who's the one with the sword! Plus a dash of "Blade."

Here is the movie website.

The film is scheduled for release in the UK in June; I'm not sure about the US release (though I'm sure the Cine-Sib is eagerly researching that).

I give you the Japanese teaser trailer:

Aaaand, if your Japanese is a little rusty, here is a full-length English trailer:

(Oh, and if you need another cool foreign film about vampires right now, try the Kamikaze Editor's recommendation of the Swedish "Let the Right One In." On no account whatsoever should you resort to "Twilight.")