The Vampire Gigolo (TV 2004)

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The Vampire Gigolo
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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:

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