After a successful fashion designer receives a disturbing package, a series of bizarre murders begins to claim the models around her. As rumours of a grotesque, fanged killer spread, detective Kōsuke Kindaichi investigates the secrets connecting the victims, their employer and a mysterious figure from the past.
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Cast
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Ryō Ikebe
Kosuke Kindaichi
Known for
Pale Flower
Early Spring
Asami Kuji
Asaji Fumiyo
Also in
Koibito
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
Nobuo Nakagawa
Hideo Oguni
Masaru Satô
Kazuo Takimura
Kyōko Anzai
Sugino Yumiko
Known for
Battle in Outer Space
Jun Yasumoto
Dai Nishijima
Eijirō Tōno
Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
Known for
Seven Samurai
Tokyo Story
Seishi Yokomizo
Also in
The Inugami Family
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
Teruaki Abe
Nobuo Nakagawa Director · Hideo Oguni Screenplay Dai Nishijima Screenplay
First release April 11, 1956 · Produced in Japan · Original title 吸血蛾
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TOHO
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Japan
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Original title
吸血蛾
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 11, 1956
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No release date listed for United States.
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