Ranmaru is a 450-year-old vampire who works in a bathhouse. As a vampire he is particularly picky about his blood choices, his main goal being to drink the blood of an 18-year-old virgin. To do so, he has been watching 15-year-old Rihito, the son of the bathhouse owner who saved him from near death. Rihito must not lose his virginity before he turns 18 and Ranmaru does everything he can to prevent that. However, when Rihito starts to show interest in a classmate, Ranmaru's desperate fight to preserve the boys virginity begins.
Acting
Ryo Yoshizawa commits completely to thirsty immortal disaster.
Production
The bathhouse becomes a character—steamy, intimate, slightly unhinged.
Director
Shinji Hamasaki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sentō (public bathhouses) are fading in Japan; using one as queer-coded supernatural space is surprisingly nostalgic subversion.
The manga author Osamu Nishi specifically designed Ranmaru to parody Twilight-style 'eternal virgin protector' tropes by making him pathetic and horny.
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