Evil of Dracula
1974 1h 23m movie Film Japan

Evil of Dracula

血を吸う薔薇

“The devil calls! The spirit calls!”

Synopsis

血を吸う薔薇

“The devil calls! The spirit calls!”

Dracula, was shipwrecked in the 1600s in Japan, when Christianity was illegal. He was forced to spit on the cross and wander alone in the desert. Upon finding himself bleeding, he was so thirsty he drank the blood and acquired a taste for it, attacking local teenager Keiko. In present day, Professor Shiraki arrives at a girl's school where he was to be teaching, but now the principal, whose wife died in a car accident, wants Shiraki to take over for him. The principal is keeping his wife in the cellar for a week, supposedly according to local custom, to see if she might return to life. Immediately suspicious, Shiraki investigates and becomes entrenched in horror of the vampires. Three girls are caught up too, as one has already been bitten, and her roomates stay to care for her.

The 1973–1975 Japan Window

71 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Evil of Dracula sits at position #40.

  1. Great Mazinger
    #1

    Great Mazinger

    ★ 8.1 · 1974

  2. Dersu Uzala
    #2

    Dersu Uzala

    ★ 8.0 · 1975

  3. The Last Samurai
    #3

    The Last Samurai

    ★ 7.8 · 1974

  4. Lady Snowblood
    #4

    Lady Snowblood

    ★ 7.6 · 1973

  5. Pastoral: To Die in the Country
    #5

    Pastoral: To Die in the Country

    ★ 7.6 · 1974

  6. Ikkyū-san
    #6

    Ikkyū-san

    ★ 7.5 · 1975

  7. Belladonna of Sadness
    #7

    Belladonna of Sadness

    ★ 7.4 · 1973

  8. Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
    #8

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

    ★ 7.4 · 1973

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The 1970s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 1970s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Evil of Dracula premiered. 197 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.4
TMDB Rating
27
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,318 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (28th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,456 of 1,933 (top 75%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies Toho Eizo Co., TOHO
Runtime 1h 23m
Release Date July 20, 1974
IMDb tt0071308

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