The Vampire Gigolo (TV 2004)

The Vampire Gigolo Air date April 4, 2004 - June 27, 2004 Producer(s) Tatsuya Yamaga, Akihiro Yamauchi Distributor Toho Channel(s) TV Tokyo Genre(s) Mystery, horror Episodes 12*

The Vampire Gigolo (ヴァンパイアホスト〜夜型愛人専門店〜,   Vanpaia Hosuto Yorugata Aijin Senmonten, lit. Vampire Host ~The Nighttime Lover's Shop~) is a tokusatsu horror drama co-produced by TV Tokyo and Toho which aired from April 4 to June 27, 2004. It serves as a loose live action adaptation of the 2003 manga Blood Hound, written by Kaori Yuki.

Plot

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Episodes

Episode no.		Title	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Air date
Case	Overall
1	1	"ep.1_The Vampire Murders: Case"	Hitoshi One	Takuro Fukuda	04/04
	2	"ep.1_The Vampire Murders: Solved"			04/11
2	3	"ep.2_The Invisible Stalker Murders: Case"			04/18
	4	"ep.2_The Invisible Stalker Murders: Solved"			04/25
3	5	"ep.3_The Werewolf Slasher Murders: Case"	Michizo Kito	Shigeki Nakamura	05/02
	6	"ep.3_The Werewolf Slasher Murders: Solved"			05/09
4	7	"ep.4_Mystery of the Shinigami Host: Case"	Seiya Nishikawa	Maki Takahashi	05/16
	8	"ep.4_Mystery of the Shinigami Host: Solved"			05/23
5	9	"ep.5_The Witch Curse Murders: Case"	Hitoshi One	Takuro Fukuda	05/30
	10	"ep.5_The Witch Curse Murders: Solved"			06/13
6	11	"ep.6_The Witch's Revenge Murders: Case"			06/20
	12	"ep.6_The Witch's Revenge Murders: Solved"			06/27

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

• Planning by   Shohei Izawa, Masamichi Fujiwara
• Directed by   Hitoshi One, Michizo Kito, Seiya Nishikawa
• Written by   Takuro Fukuda, Shigeki Nakamura, Maki Takahashi
• Based on the story Blood Hound by   Kaori Yuki
• Produced by   Tatsuya Yamaga, Akihiro Yamauchi
• Music by   Kyo Nakanishi
• Opening song "in your arms" and ending song "solitude" performed by   angela
  • Written by   atsuko
  • Composed by   atsuko, KATSU
  • Arranged by   KATSU
• Cinematography by   Satoru Karasawa
• Special effects modeling by   Tomoo Haraguchi

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

• Minako Komukai   as   Rion Kano
• Satoshi Matsuda   as   Suo
• Shiro Sano   as   Tenran
• Masahiro Kuranuki   as   Moegi
• Isao Yamamoto   as   Shian
• Ryo Yakura   as   Asahi
• Joichi Shimode   as   Kogane
• KEI   as   Sakura
• Tsuyoshi Fujita   as   Azuki
• Seijun Nobukawa   as   Detective Tomoyo Tomoda
• Ryoji Suzuki   as   Detective Mamoru Higashi
• Yuko Fujimori   as   Shoko Suruga
• Yurie Kojima   as   Shiho Aiga
• Yukari Fukui   as   Saki Kojima
• Haruna Yabuki   as   Maya Okumura
• Yoshinobu Yamada   as   Naoki Ozawa
• Anna Sakaki   as   Mai Inugami
• Aoi Inoue   as   Erika Sato
• Kotono   as   Runa Takagi
• Ryoko Takizawa   as   Satsuki Takamura
• Mitsu Murata   as   Yuji Katsuragi
• Yuka Sakano   as   Ami
• Mari Kinoshita   as   Kaori
• Akira Shimomoto   as   Ryoko
• Mitsuho Otani   as   Hitomi Kurusu
• Shuko Ito   as   Seiko Yokoyama
• Nozomi Ando   as   Reira

Appearances

Monsters

• Rion Kano
• Suo
• Vampire Killer
• Invisible Stalker
• Werewolf Slasher
• Shinigami Host
• Hitomi Kurusu
• Reira

Soundtrack

Main article: The Vampire Gigolo/Soundtrack.

Video releases

Toho DVD (2004)

• Region: 2
• Language: Japanese
• Discs: 4
• Special features:

External links

• Official webpage

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