One of the greatest things about streaming service’s rise to power is that they’re global, meaning that we’re not only going to be getting original content here in the States, but from all of the world.
One of the most exciting is coming from Japanese genre icon Sion Sono, who brings a plethora of madness, insanity, and gore to his films. He’s being our own release, Cold Fish, not to mention other classics such as Suicide Club, Why Don’t You Play in Hell?, Strange Circus and many more.
Amazon Japan is backing a brand new series from Sono, “Tokyo Vampire Hotel”, which is already scheduled to stream from June 16.
The series revolves around a battle to save mankind from a vampire tribe, says ScreenDaily, adding that the cast includes actress Kaho, in her first full-scale action role, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Ami Tomite, Yumi Adachi and Megumi Kagurazaka.
“Our focus is to work with content creators to be innovative and deliver a content experience only available on Amazon. With his unique voice and baroque style, Sono puts his mark on any genre,” said James Farrell, Amazon Prime Video’s head of Asia Pacific content.
Sion Sono said: “I had wanted to make an original vampire movie for a long time and now my wish has come true. Amazon offered me the chance to make an original drama, but I approached it as if making a movie.”
The nine-episode series was produced with Nikkatsu Corporation and written by Jun Tsugita and Manabu Ikarimoto. Tomohiro Kubo and Daisuke Matsuo serve as directors and writers of two episodes. Filming took place on three soundstages at Nikkatsu Studios and on location in Transylvania, Romania.