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Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
吸血少女対少女フランケン
Directed byYoshihiro Nishimura
Naoyuki Tomomatsu
Written byYoshihiro Nishimura (screenplay)
Shungiku Uchida (manga)
Produced byMasatsugu Asahi
StarringYukie Kawamura
Eri Otoguro
Takumi Saito
CinematographyShu G. Momose
Music byKou Nakagawa
Distributed byExcellent Film
Eleven Arts
Release dates
USA:
26 June 2009
Canada:
17 July 2009
Japan:
15 August 2009
UK:
29 August 2009
Running time
85 min.
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (吸血少女対少女フランケン, Kyūketsu Shōjo tai Shōjo Furanken) is a 2009 Japanese gore film.[1] It was directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura and Naoyuki Tomomatsu and premiered at the New York Asian Film Festival in June 2009.[2] It is based on a manga of the same name by Shungiku Uchida.[3]

Plot

The film is set in a typical Tokyo High School following the story of a perpetually teenage vampire named Monami (Yukie Kawamura) who falls for her classmate, Mizushima (Takumi Saito), who happens to already be the reluctant boyfriend to the vice-principal/science professor's daughter, Keiko (Eri Otoguro). The ensuing love triangle leads Keiko to seek the assistance of her father who, unbeknown to his daughter, moonlights as a Kabuki-clad mad scientist with the school nurse as his assistant. The pair experiment on students in the school basement hoping to discover the secret of reanimating corpses (akin to the work of Victor Frankenstein). Their hopes are answered when they discover a solution of Monami's blood holds the properties to bring life to dead body parts and inanimate objects.

The story begins to unfold after Mizushima carelessly accepts a honmei choco spiked with Monami's blood, causing him to become a half vampire. When Keiko discovers their secret, she attacks Monami but accidentally throws herself off the school roof in the process. Her premature death leads to her father using the blood solution to transform her into a vicious Frankenstein's monster determined to get revenge against Monami. From then on Monami and Keiko battle each other in the pursuit of winning Mizushima's heart, regardless of his feelings towards either of them. At the end Mizushima turns himself in a Franken Advanced Composite Life Form.

Cast

  • Yukie Kawamura as Monami / Vampire Girl
  • Eri Otoguro as Keiko / Frankenstein Girl
  • Takumi Saito as Mizushima (as Takumi Saitô)
  • Eihi Shiina as Monami's Mother
  • Takashi Shimizu as Chinese Professor
  • Jiji Bû
  • Erina
  • Sayaka Kametani as Nurse Midori
  • Sayako Nakoshi
  • Aya Nishisaki
  • Sayo
  • Kanji Tsuda
  • Ewan Anning

Subculture References

The film parodies subcultures prevalent in Japan, including Ganguro and Lolita. Wrist cutting is a theme that returns from Nishimura's 2008 film, Tokyo Gore Police.[4]

Release

In the USA: was released on 26 June 2009 from American Film Market.[5]

References

  1. ^ AFM pics grab some of 'New Moon's' spotlight
  2. ^ "Vampire Girl Vs. Frankenstein Girl's Wrist-Cutting Rally Is Deeply Disturbing". June 9, 2009.
  3. ^ Official blog
  4. ^ Official Site
  5. ^ Vampire Themed Films Saturate AFM
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