Korean actress Gianna Jun, 27, attended a special preview this week with co-star Koyuki, 32, in Shibuya for the Japan premiere of “Blood: The Last Vampire.” Jun, better known as Ji-hyun Jun, changed her name for the release of the movie which was filmed in English.
Based on the Japanese animated film released in 2000, Jun plays a katana-wielding half-human/half-vampire who hunts full-blooded vampires, both to rid the world of them and due to the fact they are her only source of food.
At the premiere, Jun chose SMAP’s Takuya Kimura as a man she would like to star with, saying he is a great actor. Kimura happened to be promoting the release of his own upcoming movie “I Come With The Rain” in Roppongi on Wednesday night, and Koyuki made a sly remark thanking everyone for coming to see their movie and not his.
“Blood: The Last Vampire” (billed as “Last Blood” in Japan) opens in cinemas on Friday.
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IvanCoughalot
I misread this at first as "a katakana-wielding half-human". In the film RaSuTo BuRaDo.
fagui
Gianna is hot !!!
dishdash
Gianna looks pretty good from the not so good photo.
nath
She's still Jeon Ji Hyun to me, and has been since I first became her fan in 2003. :)
Nessie
"Sly" = "Snide"? Or is it "sly" for hotties?
ogtob
So this movie is kind of a "Blade" remake? Not that there's anything wrong with that, just asking.
WilliB
I`d like a bite of that.
oberst
she can suck my blood anytime
Potsu
"saying he is a great actor".....is she serious ? Geez,that guy is nasty on screen.
IvanCoughalot
She certainly gets my haemo globbin'...
nath
It's neither a ripoff of Blade nor Underworld.
It's a live action adaptation of an anime film from well over 10 years ago.
Crimsonsil
There was also a series based off of the original animated movie called blood+. Loved em both. Hope this live action adaptation doesn't kill it.
LFRAgain
To be more precise, "Blood: The Last Vampire" was released as an anime in 2000. "Blade" was released in 1998. "Underworld" was released in 2003.
Who imitated whom? It's a pretty fair bet that Wesley Snipe's character, based on a Marvel Comics character, is about as far removed from the schoolgirl uniform-wearing female in the Blood anime as you can get. And similarities to "Underworld"? Honestly? Not enough to make a difference.
I just wanna's see Jun Ji-hyun doing high flying wire work, katana in hand, slashing mad Koyuki vampires with a vengeance.
beavis
Vampires suck.
bushlover
I think she's hot and so is the Japanese chick. As for the movie. I think I'll give it a miss. And who is this Takoyaki Mura guy she wants to star with?