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Vampire
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The Vampire (吸血鬼 Kyūketsuki) is a kaijin who first appeared in the 1971 Toho horror film Lake of Dracula.
Name
Although universally referred to as just "the Vampire" in both Japanese and English, the character is credited as the shadowy man (影のような男 Kage no Yōna Otoko, lit. man like a shadow) in Lake of Dracula and the Principal (学長 Gakuchō) in Evil of Dracula.[1] While the English titles of the two films he has appeared in contain Dracula's name, the vampire is never actually stated to be Dracula, though he uses the name as an alias when he sends his coffin to Lake Fujimi in Lake of Dracula.
Appearance
The vampire is characterized by his deathly white skin and sharp enlarged fangs. He typically dresses in a black suit, though while outside he wears a cape.
Origins
In Lake of Dracula, the vampire is a member of a Caucasian family which carries the curse of the vampire in its bloodline. To try and isolate his family and their terrible legacy, the vampire's grandfather built a mansion in a remote part of Japan. While his grandfather and father before him were both spared from the curse, he began developing the traits of vampirism as a young man, killing the woman he loved and drinking her blood. His father locked him away until he died, but he inevitably rose from the dead as a vampire and exacted his revenge upon his father by biting him.
In Evil of Dracula, the vampire was once a white man who washed ashore 200 years ago after a shipwreck. As a Christian, he was persecuted by the local government until he renounced his faith and spit on the cross. After losing his God, the man lost his mind as he wandered the wilderness to escape his persecutors. He eventually resorted to drinking his own blood to survive. His first victim was a 15-year-old farm girl, and after killing her and drinking her blood, he began carrying her body and weeping for her. Miraculously, the girl came back to life, and when the nearby villagers learned of this they killed them both and buried them together in a stout coffin. However, both the shipwreck survivor and his victim had become undead vampires and rose from their grave. They managed to avoid suspicion as to their immortality by removing and assuming the faces of their victims after they killed them. By 1974, the vampire and his wife were masquerading as the Principal of the Seimei School for Girls and his wife, the Madam. They perpetuated this cover for their true nature by selecting a new Principal and wife every so many years, killing them both and assuming their faces.
History
Lake of Dracula
Five-year-old Akiko Kashiwagi wandered into the vampire's house while chasing after her dog, Leo. The vampire saw the young girl as he descended the stairs, and at that moment decided she would be his bride. However, the vampire's father helped Akiko escape his son's grasp, and the vampire was left to covet his would-be bride. Eighteen years later, the vampire had his coffin delivered to Lake Fujimi, where Akiko was living, via a transport truck. Shortly after his coffin was moved into the boathouse, the vampire emerged from it and attacked the proprietor, Kyusaku, transforming him into his minion. He then had Kyusaku abduct Akiko and bring her to the boathouse. Before the vampire could get her in his clutches, a car pulled up outside and he was forced to retreat into the shadows. Undeterred, the vampire fed on Akiko's sister, Natsuko, and brainwashed her as well into doing his bidding. He orchestrated a plan to force Akiko's boyfriend, Takashi Saeki, to drive away from the lake house and leave Akiko all alone so he could finally capture her. He confronted Akiko in her living room, where he admired the painting she had created of the haunting image of his eye. He remarked how well the painting conveyed the fear of the artist. Akiko tried to flee but the vampire pursued her, chasing her upstairs. Akiko hid in a closet, and waited until she could no longer see the vampire in the room. However, the vampire cast no reflection in the mirror she was looking at and grabbed her as soon as she emerged from the closet. Takashi managed to fight off Kyusaku and returned to Akiko's house, prompting the vampire to flee once more. Akiko and Takashi found Natsuko collapsed on the ground, and she died before they could get her to the hospital. Takashi and Akiko accepted the reality they were dealing with a vampire and decided to confront him in his home that Akiko found 18 years ago.
When they arrived at the house, they found the corpse of the vampire's father and read his journal, which chronicled his son's transformation into a vampire. The vampire soon revealed himself and attacked them, and was joined by the vampire that was once Natsuko. Takashi and Akiko fled, but the vampire burst through a window ahead of them and pinned Takashi into the banister above the stairs. Takashi was outmatched as the vampire strangled him, but the vampire's father, himself transformed into one by his son's bite, intervened and tripped his son, causing him to fall onto a metal spike on the floor below. The vampire shrieked out in agony as he gruesomely decayed in a matter of moments, leaving behind only a charred skeleton.
Evil of Dracula
Abilities
Mind control
The vampire can exert mind control over the victims he has bitten. As the vampire's thralls, they will unquestioningly do his bidding. Eventually, this kills the vampire's victims, though they can reanimate as vampires which are still under his control.
Face changing
In Evil of Dracula, the vampire can assume the faces of his victims by physically removing them and placing them over his own. This allowed the vampire and his wife to pose as normal humans for several lifetimes without arousing suspicion.
Physical strength
The vampire possesses great physical strength, easily restraining his victims and often opting to strangle or bite them. He leaps through a window with ease in Evil of Dracula, and is more than a match for Takashi Saeki and Professor Shiraki when he fights each of them.
Immortality
The vampire is immortal, meaning he cannot die of old age or be killed through regular means. This allows him to live indefinitely and renders him difficult to injure. In Evil of Dracula, Shiraki lodges an axe into the vampire's chest, which only serves to slow him down temporarily. The only way to kill the vampire is by piercing his heart.
Weaknesses
While otherwise immortal, the vampire can be killed if his heart is pierced. In Lake of Dracula, he is destroyed when he trips and falls onto a metal spike, while in Evil of Dracula he is killed when Shiraki pushes a hot poker through his chest. In both instances, the vampire immediately decays into a charred skeleton upon being killed.
Gallery
- Main article: Vampire/Gallery.
Screenshots
Evil of Dracula
References
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Madam
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The Madam (奥様 Okusama) is a kaijin who appeared in the 1971 Toho horror film Evil of Dracula.
Name
The Madam is typically referred to as Madam Principal (学長夫人 Gakuchō Fujin) in Japanese publications covering Evil of Dracula, while in the film's credits she is simply listed as the Principal's Wife. In the film itself, the character Yukiko Mitamura refers to her as the Madam (奥様 Okusama) while under her influence.
History
Evil of Dracula
Abilities
Face changing
Like her husband, the Madam can change her face into that of her victim by physically tearing it off and placing it over her own. This ability has allowed her and her husband to live for several lifetimes without arousing suspicion.
Familiar
The Madam controls a raven as her familiar, and can command it to do her bidding. She uses her familiar to remove Yukiko's face so she can replace her own with it.
Mind control
The Madam exerts a form of mind control over Yukiko Mitamura after she has been bitten by the vampire, and also turns Professor Yoshii into her pawn after biting him.
Immortality
The Madam is immortal and cannot die so long as her husband is alive.
Weaknesses
The Madam's immortality is bound to her husband's, and when he is killed she perishes as well, decaying rapidly into a skeleton upon death.
Gallery
- Main article: Madam/Gallery.
