Blood-Club Dolls 1

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Blood-Club Dolls 1
Directed by	Shutaro Oku
Produced by	Sennosuke Okumura Seiichi Horiguchi
Screenplay by	Junichi Fujisaku Shutaro Oku
Based on	Blood-C by Production I.G and CLAMP
Starring	Ryūnosuke Matsumura Ryō Kitazano Kanon Miyahara Keisuke Minami Maon Kurosaki
Music by	Kōsuke Nishimoto
Cinematography	Kentaro Kishi
Distributed by	NEGA
Release date	October 13, 2018 (2018-10-13)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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Blood-Club Dolls 1 is a 2018 Japanese action horror film based on the 2011 anime television series Blood-C co-created by studio Production I.G and manga artist group CLAMP. The film is a first part of the two-part film, and was followed by Blood-Club Dolls 2 in 2020. The film is directed and written by Shutaro Oku, with Junichi Fujisaku as a co-writer, distributed by NEGA, and stars Ryūnosuke Matsumura, Ryō Kitazano, Kanon Miyahara, Keisuke Minami, and Maon Kurosaki. The film was released in Japan on October 13, 2018.

Blood-Club Dolls 1 is set before the events of Blood-C: The Last Dark anime film (2012), as Saya Kisaragi is continuing her pursuit to find Fumito Nanahara; in the universe Blood-C, humanity is secretly preyed upon a race called the Elder Bairns, whose feeding is kept under control by an ancient agreement called Shrovetide. The film focuses on Sōen (who was introduced in Blood-C: The Last Mind stage play), and his underground fightclub called "Blood-Club".

The film marks the second live-action film adaptation for Blood-C series following Asura Girl: Blood-C Another Story (2017), and a third for the Blood franchise since Blood: The Last Vampire (2009).

Plot

A young man named Aiba is deemed missing by his sister, Mana. With the lack of evidence and informations, she ask for assistance from Detective Mito to search for her brother. Meanwhile in Tokyo, Aiba is dragged and sent to an underground fight club called "Blood-Club" by the men in black, while a girl in a sailor-suited school uniform with a katana named Saya arrives in the city in a pursuit of Fumito Nanahara for revenge. Aiba is thrown into a fight with one of the contestants, and in his last effort, he defeats him. Saya, disguised as one of the cotntestant, glances at Aiba, who had revealed his glowing red eyes.

Meanwhile, one of the contestants named Ginroku is agitated and beats up one of the VIP members named Reiji in order to achieve the highest rank in the club. Sōen, the leader of the "Blood-Club", arranges a meeting with the Arisugawa family, including their daughter, Michiru. They take Aiba to an abandoned building, where Michiru reveals that Aiba had killed an innocent woman, and Sōen reveals that his master Fumito had let him live as he noticed that Aiba is an extraordinary being. Both men engage in sword combat, but Aiba loses and is taken away. Mana and Mito arrives to the building hours later, but despaired to find it empty, arriving too late.

Saya tries to kill Aiba out of misery, but abandons and continues her pursuit towards Fumito instead, now more enraged than ever.

Cast

See also: List of Blood-C characters

• Ryūnosuke Matsumura as Sōen, the mafia-boss who's running an underground fight club called "Blood-Club" in Tokyo. The character was first introduced in The Last Mind stage play.
• Ryō Kitazano as Aiba, a young man who went missing, later seen participating in "Blood-Club" underground event.
• Kanon Miyahara as Saya Kisaragi, a humanoid Elder Bairn that wears a sailor-suited school uniform with a katana that is currently hunting down Fumito in Tokyo. The character was first introduced in the anime series.
• Keisuke Minami as Fumito Nanahara, Saya's arch-nemesis and governor of Tokyo. The character was first introduced in the anime series.
• Asami Yoshikawa as Yūka Amino, a woman who works with Fumito in order to gain political power. The character was first introduced in the anime series.
• Maon Kurosaki as Michiru Arisugawa, the daughter of the Arisugawa family.
• Tomohito Yashima as Detective Mito, a detective who's investigating "Blood-Club", and searching for Aiba.
• Aki Asakura as Mana, Aiba's little sister who is searching for her brother.

Other cast includes Takuya Kawahara as Melody, Judai Shirakashi as Kisanuki, Naoya Gomoto as Ginroku, Junji Shimizu as Higawa Mizunashi, Rie Sakurai as Yumi, Kō Hosokawa as Karajishi, Ren Yagami as Sogabe, Shōta Takasaki as Kōhan, Taishi Sugie as Reiji, Ryosei Tanaka as Kuroda, Yuya Asato as Sukegawa, Dai Hasegawa as Kada, and Yōji Tanaka as Kuzū.

Production

Development

In February 2018, NEGA announced that a new live-action film adaptation for Blood-C is in the works with a new story. Shutaro Oku returned from Blood-C: The Last Mind stage play and Asura Girl to direct the film, and co-writing the screenplay with Junichi Fujisaku, who was involved in majority of Blood-C series. Kentaro Kishi acted as a cinematographer and Sennosuke Okumura also returned with Seiichi Horiguchi co-producing the film.

Casting

The majority of the actors from The Last Mind stage play and Asura Girl returned for Blood-Club Dolls 1, with Ryūnosuke Matsumura, Kanon Miyahara, Keisuki Minami, and Asami Yoshikawa reprising their respective roles as Sōen, Saya Kisaragi, Fumito Nanahara and Yūka Amino. Ryō Kitazano and singer Maon Kurosaki joined the cast for the film as Aiba and Michiru Arisugawa respectively.

Filming

The principle photography for this film was done in various areas of Tokyo, Japan.

Music

Kōsuke Nishimoto composed the music for Blood-Club Dolls 1, replacing Kentarō Nakao from Asura Girl. Maon Kurasaki provided the theme song for the film, titled "Hazy Moon".

Release

The film was released in theaters in Japan on October 13, 2018.

Reception

Critical reception

Don Anelli of Asian Movie Pulse gave the film a mixed review, as he praised the fight scenes, but felt the storyline was too confusing.

Sequel

In August 2018, the website announced that the film will be a two-part film project, with returning staff and cast members. The second part, titled Blood-Club Dolls 2 was released in Japan on July 11, 2020.

External links

• Official Movie site
• Blood-Club Dolls 1 on IMDb Search this movie on

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