Japan Synopsis
闇の帝王・吸血鬼ドラキュラ
“He thirsts for blood!”
Boston, United States. Dracula, the immortal vampire, interrupts a satanic ritual and flees with Dolores, the woman whom the members of the evil cult are about to murder. Overwhelmed by his love for her, and unable to drink her blood, they have a son together, whom they name Janus. (Loosely based on Marvel's The Tomb of Dracula comic book series.)
The 1979–1981 Japan Window
65 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Tomb of Dracula sits at position #61.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Tomb of Dracula. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
3 sharedBlood: The Last Vampire
★ 6.9 · Japan
3 sharedNoblesse: The Beginning of Destruction
★ 6.7 · South Korea
2 sharedThe Last Voyage of the Demeter
★ 7.3 · India
2 sharedRenfield
★ 6.7 · Japan
2 sharedDragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle
★ 6.5 · Japan
2 sharedIron Man: Rise of Technovore
★ 5.9 · Japan
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The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1980s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Tomb of Dracula premiered. 280 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,327 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (6th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.6 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #2,459 of 2,532 (top 97%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toei Animation, TV Asahi |
| Runtime | 1h 31m |
| Release Date | August 19, 1980 |
| IMDb | tt0412665 |