Evil of Dracula

Evil of Dracula

83 mins | Drama, Horror | July 20, 1974

Dracula, was shipwrecked in the 1600s in Japan, when Christianity was illegal. He was forced to spit on the cross and wander alone in the desert. Upon finding himself bleeding, he was so thirsty he drank the blood and acquired a taste for it, attacking local teenager Keiko. In present day, Professor Shiraki arrives at a girl's school where he was to be teaching, but now the principal, whose wife died in a car accident, wants Shiraki to take over for him. The principal is keeping his wife in the cellar for a week, supposedly according to local custom, to see if she might return to life. Immediately suspicious, Shiraki investigates and becomes entrenched in horror of the vampires. Three girls are caught up too, as one has already been bitten, and her roomates stay to care for her.

Evil of Dracula

83 mins | Drama, Horror | July 20, 1974

Evil of Dracula
Dracula, was shipwrecked in the 1600s in Japan, when Christianity was illegal. He was forced to spit on the cross and wander alone in the desert. Upon finding himself bleeding, he was so thirsty he drank the blood and acquired a taste for it, attacking local teenager Keiko. In present day, Professor Shiraki arrives at a girl's school where he was to be teaching, but now the principal, whose wife died in a car accident, wants Shiraki to take over for him. The principal is keeping his wife in the cellar for a week, supposedly according to local custom, to see if she might return to life. Immediately suspicious, Shiraki investigates and becomes entrenched in horror of the vampires. Three girls are caught up too, as one has already been bitten, and her roomates stay to care for her.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Toho Company, Ltd., Toho Eizo Co.
Original title 血を吸う薔薇
Directors Michio Yamamoto
Writers Ei Ogawa, Masaru Takesue, Bram Stoker

Cast

Toshio Kurosawa

as Professor Shiraki

Mariko Mochizuki

as Kumi Saijou

Kunie Tanaka

as Dr. Shimomura

Shin Kishida

as The Principal

Katsuhiko Sasaki

as Professor Yoshi

Mio Outa

as Yukiko Mitamura

Mika Katsuragi

as Principal's Wife

Keiko Aramaki

as Kyôko Hayashi

Midori Takei

as The Girl in Flashback

Yūnosuke Itō

as Takakura / Detective

Tomoe Mari

as Keiko Nonomiya, Student in Blue Negligee