Vamp Show is a play performed in Japan

Japan

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 in 2001 in the Parco Theatre in Shibuya

Shibuya, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 2008, it has an estimated population of 208,371 and a population density of 13,540 persons per km². The total area is 15.11 km²....

, Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, in 2001. It was directed by Ikeda Narushi.
It was written by Mitani Koki

Koki Mitani

is a Japanese playwright, screenwriter, actor and film director. He was previously married to Japanese actress Satomi Kobayashi. The name "Koki" is a combination of two Japanese characters - 幸 "Happy" and 喜 "Pleased". In an attempt to add his own character to his movies, as a director he takes...

 and inspired by the German musical Tanz der Vampire. The only similarity in the two stories, however, is the topic of vampires.

Synopsis

A young lady arrives at a creepy train station to wait for a train to the city. Eventually five young men arrive to wait with her. It is revealed that they are vampires, and decide that if the young lady is to be allowed to live, she must also become a vampire as well. However, one of the five young men is only pretending to be a vampire, and tries to save her from her fate.

Cast

• Sakai Masato
  Masato Sakai
  is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival for Kuhio taisa and Nankyoku ryourinin and the award for best supporting actor at the 2008 Nikkan Sports Film Award, at the 33rd Hochi Film Award and at the 51st Blue Ribbon Awards...
  
  
• Saksaki Kuranosuke
• Hashimoto Jun
• Ito Toshihito
  Toshihito Ito
  ) was a Japanese actor and member of the Tokyo Sunshine Boys theatrical troupe. He was born on February 16, 1962 in Niigata, Japan. He died on May 24th, 2002 from a Subarachnoid hemorrhage in the brain....
  
  
• Kawahara Masahiko
• Matsuo Reiko
• Tezuka Toru

Availability

This play was released on DVD by Parco Thirdstage and E-Oshibai.

External links

• Japanese Mitani Koki Parco Theatre Database