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The Vampire Moth is a film of genre Horror directed by Nobuo Nakagawa with Ryō Ikebe
The Vampire Moth (1956)
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Vampire Moth (吸血蛾, Kyuketsuki-ga) is a 1956 black-and-white thriller and Japanese film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa. The film is based on novel by Seishi Yokomizo.
The plot involves a series of murders where the victims have their necks punctured. This film is said to be the first Japanese film in the vampire genre.
Actors
Ryō Ikebe
(Kosuke Kindaichi)
Eijirō Tōno
(Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô)
Minoru Chiaki
(Sango Kawase)
Chieko Nakakita
(Tsuruko Higeta)
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