Vampire Moth
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is a 1956 black and white thriller and Japanese film
directed by Nobuo Nakagawa
. The film is based on novel by Seishi Yokomizo
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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.
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The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2009 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived...
directed by Nobuo Nakagawa
Nobuo Nakagawa
was a Japanese film director, most famous for the stylized, folk tale-influenced horror films he made in the 1950s and 1960s.-Career:Born in Kyoto, Nakagawa was early on influenced by proletarian literature and wrote amateur film reviews to the Kinema Junpō film magazine. He joined Makino Film...
. The film is based on novel by Seishi Yokomizo
Seishi Yokomizo
was a novelist in Shōwa period Japan.-Early life:Yokomizo was born in the city of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture. He read detective stories as a boy and in 1921, while employed by the Daiichi Bank, published his first story in the popular magazine Shin Seinen...
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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.