The Lady Vampire
1959, Japanese. Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa.
Tamio takes Itsuko to an art gallery and the two find one painting is a nude portrait of Itsuko's mother, who disappeared twenty years ago when she was just a baby. No one knows the first thing about the artist who painted it, but he goes by the name Shiro Sofue, and he's always wearing shades in the daytime...
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Nobuo NakagawaDirector
- Shigeru AmachiNobutaka Takenaka
- Keinosuke WadaTamio Oki
- Junko IkeuchiItsuko Matsumura
- Yōko MiharaMiwako Matsumura
- Akira NakamuraShigekatsu Matsumura
- Kan SugiWada, the butler
- Den KunikataHoshino
- Tsutomu WakuiPygmy
- Masao TakamatsuDr. Sakakibara
- Hiroshi AyukawaTanigawa
- Kyôko YashiroTomoko
- Yōko MifuneCast
Details
- Released
- 7 March 1959
- Original title
- 女吸血鬼
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Shin Nakazawa, Katsuyoshi Nakatsu
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The Lady Vampire runs 78 minutes (1h 18m).
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Which OTT platform is The Lady Vampire on?
The Lady Vampire isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 March 1959. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Lady Vampire?
If you liked The Lady Vampire, try Nightbreed, Versus, The Vampire Lovers.
Who directed The Lady Vampire?
The Lady Vampire (1959) was directed by Nobuo Nakagawa and stars Shigeru Amachi, Keinosuke Wada, Junko Ikeuchi.