i pick this up in the danger after dark box set and and watch it solely because of my interest in the performance of hyde and gackt . i expect a corny horror film that be a huge gore fest and with very bad dialogue . which be exactly what it would have be if it have be make in america . instead i find myself intrigue by the good development of the character and and the way that sho ( gackt ) develop through the movie a a person . the act skill of both star be surprisingly good and consider they aren not professional actor and and the director do a marvelous job with it all and set it in the future minus the fly car and holographic billboard . on a side note and taro yamamoto performance be very surprising . the only other film i have see him in be battle royale and where he play shogo kawada and and in this film he seem to be the exact opposite of shogo . toshi be bright and exuberant and hyper and serve a a sort of comic relief with his antic . shogo be the big tough guy on the island who kill without think anything of it . so and watch out for his performance and if youre familiar with battle royale and you will be very surprised by him . but do not be throw off by the summary on the back of the box and because this isn not really a vampire movie . it just a movie with a vampire in it . that hyde character be a vampire be almost a background fact with what really go on in the foreground and and you guy will love the last scene . it a really moving picture at some point and the photography be really well do . it definitely something to pick up the next time youre at blockbuster .