Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
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| Hepburn | Banpaia Hantā Dī: Buraddorasuto |
| Directed by | Yoshiaki Kawajiri |
| Produced by | Taka Nagasawa Masao Maruyama Mataichiro Yamamoto |
| Written by | Yoshiaki Kawajiri Brian Irving (Uncredited) English Version: Ellen Moore Jack Fletcher |
| Based on |
Vampire Hunter D Volume 3: Demon Deathchase by Hideyuki Kikuchi |
| Starring |
Pamela Adlon John DiMaggio Dwight Schultz Andy Philpot |
| Music by | Marco D'Ambrosio |
| Cinematography | Hitoshi Yamaguchi |
| Edited by | Harutoshi Ogata Satoshi Terauchi Kashiko Kimura Yukiki Ito |
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Urban Vision (United States) Nippon Herald Films (Japan) |
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105 minutes |
| Country | Japan United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $151,086 |
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (
The film began production in 1997 and was completed with the intention of being shown in American theaters. It was shown in twelve theaters across the United States and received generally positive reception from American critics.
Charlotte, a young woman, is abducted by Baron Meier Link, a vampire nobleman who is known not to harm humans needlessly. Charlotte's father, Elbourne, hires D, a dhampir, to find her and rescue her, and alternatively, kill her humanely if she's been turned into a vampire. He offers D $500,000 as a down payment, and offers him $10mil if he carries out the job. D has Elbourne double the payment, and agrees to search for Charlotte.
At the same time, Charlotte's older brother hires another group of vampire hunters, the notorious Marcus brothers, composed of the leader Borgoff, a hulking man named Nolt, a blade master named Kyle, a physically disabled psychic named Grove and a woman named Leila who hunts vampires because of a personal grudge rather than for monetary gain. The two parties (D and the Marcus brothers) race inexorably after Meier Link. However, Meier Link hires the mutant Barbarois; a group of lethal mercenary body guards. They consist of Caroline, a shape shifter; Benge, a shadow manipulator; and Machira, a werewolf.
Throughout the course of the film, two of the Marcus brothers, Nolt and Kyle, end up being killed by the mutant Barbarois, while Leila and Borgoff continue their search for Charlotte.
As the story progresses, Meier Link's abduction of Charlotte turns out to not be as it seemed, as it's revealed that Charlotte willingly ran away with Meier Link as his lover. Charlotte rightfully feared that no one would understand their relationship, with her a human and Link a vampire.
Throughout their search, and after both characters save each other from seeming death at separate points, D has a conversation with Leila, where she reveals that she hunts vampires because a vampire killed her mother. D tells her that he hunts vampires as he has no other choice as a dhampir, and she can have a life that someone like him could never have; the life of a normal human. Leila, having not exactly taken the life of a normal human, instead being a monster hunter, fears that no one will mourn her death when that time comes. She make a pact with D, that if either one of them survives, the survivor will bring flowers to the other's grave. D admits that he does not expect himself to survive the bounty hunt, after coming so close to death.
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