A Toho Production
A Toho Eizo Production
EVIL OF DRACULA
Executive Producer Fumio Tanaka
Screenplay El Ogawa, Masaru Takesue
Cinematography Kazutami Hara
Music Riichiro Manabe
Cast Toshio Kurosawa
Kunie Tanaka, Katsuhiko Sasaki, Shin Kishida
Directed Michio Yamamoto
"If no staff at the station, put money in the box"
Excuse me, how do you get to this Seimei School?
The school?
There's no bus that's running to the school.
Are you Professor Shiraki?
Yes. Guess you've come from the school.
It's just as well you came. Seems there's no bus.
It's quiet around here.
How far is it to the school?
That's bad. A crash on a quiet road like this?
A drunk truck driver lost control, crashed right into it. It happened two days ago.
- Cab driver didn't stand a chance, huh? - Dead on impact.
Were there any passengers?
Yes. The wife of the principal.
- What? - She died, too. Killed instantly.
Is anyone at home?
I'm Professor Shiraki from Tokyo.
You're welcome!
You must be very tired.
- After your long trip. - Shiraki.
How are you? I just heard that your wife died in a car crash.
Will you please accept my condolences?
The poor woman, such a tragedy. And she died so very young.
Please allow me to burn some incense for her.
No, but I thank you for the kind suggestion. We've just taken the coffin
down into the cellar. We'll leave her there a while.
What?
It is the local tradition around here.
The deceased is left lying undisturbed in a coffin for one week
until it's time for cremation.
There is always the hope, however vain,
that somehow the corpse might come back to life.
Oh.
Now, please make yourself at home.
You appreciate, in the circumstances, I'm not a good host.
No, please don't worry. Could I see the dormitory...?
No hurry at all, Shiraki.
Tonight, you may as well sleep here.
What?
Our school, I'm afraid, is really quite small.
Nonetheless, it does have a long history.
It was Dr. Kimoto who founded the school over 80 years ago.
There was nothing here then.
And since that time, the school has grown despite the bleak surroundings.
- Blends with the scenery, doesn't it? - Sure.
Would you like a brandy? A pick-me-up after your trip?
It's almost as old as Dr. Kimoto. Good vintage.
Thank you very much.
Please take a seat.
Now, let us toast your new job. And I hope you have a pleasant stay here.
Thank you.
Tell me... who's the person who kindly met me at the station?
Mr. Yoshii, he's my personal assistant.
Although actually he's a teacher of French literature.
By the way, I've some good news for you, Professor Shiraki.
I know first impressions don't always count,
but I'd like you to be my successor and take over as the principal.
Like that? You must be joking.
I did not ask you to come all the way from Tokyo for fun.
But not so soon. Give me time to find my feet, I don't know.
Listen to me, Shiraki.
I've been seriously ill for some considerable time now.
I can't look after the school any longer. I must stop.
I've been waiting for someone who could take over, and now you're here.
Of course I'd like to get know you more.
That's why I made the suggestion that you stay here at the school tonight.
Is that all right? I'm sure you'll find everything you need.
Thanks, but this is all so sudden.
Another drink?
Yes...
Stay still. You're bleeding.
You've been hurt.
It was you who was singing just now, wasn't it?
Ow!
I look ghastly.
'Not here. In that case, then, it must have been a dream.'
'She's dead.
'She is dead. It was a nightmare, after all.'
What are you doing here?
I'm sorry.
I apologize. I just wanted to look at your late wife.
Will you please forgive me?
This place is a crypt.
You have no business here.
What you've done is sacrilege to the dead.
You're never to come down here again.
Do you understand?
Oh!
I'm Shiraki. I'm your new teacher.
Oh, psychology? I'm Yukiko Mitamura, I'm new too.
I'm Kyoko Hayashi.
I'm Kumi Saijo.
The three of us are all roommates. We share the same dormitory.
Let's stay out here. There's no need for us to go back inside yet.
- We'll stay here and have a chat. - Yukiko!
It's Professor Yoshii again. He's always spying.
I hate the way that he stares.
Don't say that. Show more respect.
Sorry, but he's really weird. He disgusts me. He's always staring at us.
And just what's so wrong with that? You're pretty young girls, you know.
Hey, we're late. We better get into class.
Excuse us!
Thanks for meeting me.
"Behold, he raised the dagger over me,
"ready to strike deep into my mournful heart."
Wonderful! Baudelaire is such a fine poet.
"He bent to revive the devil's corpse whose blood he sucked..."
'Those girls were quite right. The man is weird.'
Well, you'll just have to try your best.
At the moment, I am the acting principal
and if you do have any questions at all, just ask me.
- Is that all right? - Yes.
I do have one. I hope you don't mind me asking.
What is it?
School holidays are coming. So why not wait and take me on next term?
Because we'd like you to know everything about this school as soon as possible.
So, by the time you get to teaching next term, you'll already be acclimatized
and quite familiar with the routine and all the workings of the school.
It'll also give you the chance to get to know a bit about your students.
I think that's what the principal had in mind.
Oh. Well, thank you for letting me know. I can try my best.
- Wait for me! Do you have your book? - I've got my book, but I forgot my notes.
"Dormitory Dean'S Office"
Teacher, can we give you a hand?
Thanks, I've finished my unpacking now.
Hi!
Bit nippy, isn't it?
Oh, Shiraki, you're the new guy? I'm the Doc, Shimomura.
How do you do?
One of the girls came to me complaining of a cold.
Just now I saw her laughing her head off, playing a game of cards.
You've got to watch these girls, or they'll put one over on you.
- They're a good lot, though. - Hmm...
Reminds me, one of the girls disappeared recently. Just vanished completely.
- Vanished? - That's right, vanished into thin air.
Just like that. She lived in the room at the end of the corridor.
Keiko Nonomiya, she's not been heard of since.
Strange. Neither the principal nor the acting principal mentioned her to me at all.
You'll find those two like keeping secrets. They're afraid for the school if it gets out.
Could you tell me what exactly happened?
She just vanished without a trace.
It's in fashion, too. It's really quite a pleasant place this, don't you think?
Perhaps a little bit too quiet for young girls.
They obviously get bored. You know, one or two of the girls go missing every year.
- What? It happens every year? - Yeah.
There are rumors in the village the devil has them for his fun!
Huh?
You know, I'm quite interested in folklore, legends, the occult and things like that.
And since I came here, I've built up quite a collection of stories.
Even got some about vampires.
You know, rise from the grave, suck blood at night?
They're quite interesting, you know.
Well, that's enough. Goodbye.
Oh, perhaps we'll talk some more next time we meet. Goodbye.
He seems to have a lot on his mind.
Disappeared?
Listen, there's still no sign of Keiko.
Some girls are saying Professor Yoshii took her away and probably killed her.
I heard that too. And I believe it is true.
You're not still saying that? You've got absolutely no proof whatsoever.
You'd better not let Professor Yoshii hear you say it.
Don't worry. Professor Shiraki would be sure to defend us.
Oh!
Who's there?
He jumped right down from the window. There's no one around now.
- I'll tell Professor Shiraki. - Quiet down, you're behaving like a child.
I know now what he'll say:
"It's only a peeping Tom. You shouldn't be so pretty.
"Forget about it. Don't get upset."
Keiko Nonomiya
Professor, sir?
Was it you singing just now?
It was Keiko's own song.
She used to sing it the whole time and I picked it up from her.
What's wrong, Professor?
Well...
You'd better come to my room. I want you to tell me more about this.
There's a rumor that Keiko appeared to you in a dream. Is it true?
Well, I can't be sure that it was her.
I was feeling pretty tired and I'd drunk a couple of large brandies.
The whole thing's become rather hazy now.
But if I'm right, I seem to remember that she was wearing a blue negligee.
That's Keiko, all right!
The last time that I saw her she wore a blue negligee.
Then we woke up in the morning, and she'd gone.
Hmm...
Still, just because she was wearing a blue negligee, that isn't enough proof.
One thing I don't understand, why should she appear to me in a dream?
It's most strange.
Room 212
What on earth's keeping Kumi? She went to empty the rubbish.
I think I better take a look.
Sorry I'm late.
Professor Shiraki was asking me questions about Keiko.
- He's curious. - Hmm.
How is Kyoko? Is she already asleep?
That's right, she is. She went out looking for you but she couldn't find you.
When she came back, she went straight to sleep.
That's odd, she's usually the one that stays up.
Today, we'll look at the big breakthrough in psychoanalysis.
The Rorschach test in fact involves ten cards.
It was first published in 1929 and is still commonly used today.
The patient stares into the ink blot until some kind of picture emerges.
The picture the individual sees reveals the personality.
- It's surprising how effective it is. - Teacher!
For argument's sake, let's suppose I was in love with you.
Would it be possible for the test to reveal that?
No, I don't think so.
Nothing that specific. It merely gives us a general idea of someone's personality.
- Draw the curtains. - Yes, sir.
Now, what does this particular design suggest to you? Do you see anything?
React intuitively.
"Bat"
"The Devil"
What about this next one?
"Blood"
- Kyoko, what happened? - What happened to her?
She's run down. She's been studying too hard for the examination.
A few days' rest and she'll be as right as rain.
- I am glad. - Still, we better keep an eye on her.
Of course we will.
Are you sure? Your holidays begin the day after tomorrow, you'll be going home.
You're right, but don't worry. We'll stay behind and look after her until she's well.
I must say, that's most kind of you.
- A wound? - Yeah.
Didn't you see the two holes on Kyoko's breast? They looked like pinpricks.
Oh, I saw them. But does it mean anything?
You ever seen anything like that?
Now that you mention it...
Maybe I have seen something similar,
but I don't know I'd refer to them as pinpricks.
It is a most unusual injury,
but as a doctor I must remain skeptical about things I don't know.
My specialty's the stomach, anyway.
But, Doctor, the girl in my dream was bleeding too just like that.
A dream?
It was the first night I arrived. I had a horribly vivid nightmare.
I dreamt I met the principal's wife. Also this girl who's vanished, Keiko.
- You saw her, too? - Yeah.
You've not met her.
That's right. I've never met her before. And I haven't seen a picture.
And I'm quite sure that it was her.
And you saw her in a dream?
It just doesn't make sense.
Now hold on.
Look at this.
Kyoko, are you feeling better?
I'm sorry to have worried you.
And I'm spoiling your holidays for you, I know.
Don't say that. You'll be better in a couple of days.
Oh, look at that. Where did you get such a lovely rose?
It really is a lovely rose.
Could I smell it?
Oh!
What have you done?
I told you before about the folklore of devils that exists among the locals.
Yeah.
One of them, from what I gather, is meant to have been buried in this coffin.
The story starts 200 years ago.
A European ship was wrecked near here.
One of the crew survived and came to this fishing village.
We don't know his name or his country.
We do know that he was a Christian. Because of that he was badly tortured.
Christianity was outlawed at the time in Japan.
He finally succumbed to the torture.
He was converted, if you can call it that, and spat on the cross.
Legend has it that he turned into a vampire.
Vampire?
- Bit farfetched, isn't it? - He kept alive by drinking blood.
I know it sounds incredible, but the people believe it.
Ask anyone around here, they all say the same thing.
A white man who turned against his god,
and with nowhere to go, wandered off into the wilderness.
'He was starving to death. He had nothing to drink and his mind was gone.
'He could only walk.
'Who knows what he hoped to find out there in the desert?
'Some kind of peace and end to his torment? His god had left him.
'Dying of thirst and in total despair,
'he started to suck on his own blood to keep going.
'Once he got the taste for blood,
'one story goes that his first victim was a young girl. She was 15 years old.
'He killed her. And cradling the corpse in his arms, he cried.
- 'And somehow she came back to life.' - 'Back to life?'
'When the villagers learned this,
'they attacked them as something evil and put them both to death.'
Killed them.
And then they took both their bodies and buried them
in this especially large, stout coffin.
Their grave is here.
Just where we're standing.
Well, that's the story. What do you make of it?
If you'd really thought it was just a story,
you would not have bothered to bring me here.
- Am I right? - Hmm.
You are right, my friend.
I've not spent years collecting these stories for nothing.
I have a feeling that though these events happened a long time ago,
they are in fact true.
Look, there's nothing.
Not even one piece of one bone remains.
They rose from the dead. That's the legend.
And the old people round here still believe in it as gospel.
Are you saying that what you saw was not in a dream?
You really did see Keiko and the principal's wife?
It must be. How else can I explain it? It's the only logical explanation.
No, Shiraki!
You know that's impossible.
The principal's wife was certified dead. She was killed outright in the crash.
I was the first one there.
As a matter of fact, it was I who performed the autopsy on her.
- Here are your drinks. - Ah...
You realize that if she's a vampire... so's the principal.
Yeah.
Now let's go easy.
- Are you absolutely sure what you saw? - I saw them with my own eyes.
I saw Keiko with blood dripping from her breast the first night I slept there.
- I don't know... - Kyoko Hayashi is in danger.
The other girls... they will all be going home tomorrow.
Yes, I know.
There'll be only the three girls left.
You're right, they might be in danger left alone.
I really think that I'm onto something.
But I'm terrified ever since that first night at the school.
I just can't get it out of my mind.
What did go on... I've told you, I had that nightmare.
There's more to it?
The principal suddenly said that he wanted me to take over.
Just like that, he chooses me to be the next principal.
What did you say? Are you sure that's what he said?
That's what he said.
There was a teacher before who was told that he would be the next principal.
For some reason, it scared the living daylights out of him.
He's... He's been declared insane?
Yes, they had to certify him. He's in the asylum nearby.
They've all gone away now.
Isn't it peaceful for a change?
Dr. Shimomura!
Hello. How do you think I look?
Do I look kind of fierce? I'm gonna be Professor Shiraki's bodyguard tonight.
Yes, all right. I've asked the school guard to stand by just in case.
Don't you worry about it. Go ahead, just you get off to bed now.
Well, that's good. To tell you the truth, I have been scared recently.
- Oh... - Is Kyoko better?
She's looking much better. I'd say almost recovered.
- She's sleeping at the moment. - Good.
- All right, I'll see her when she wakes. - Yes.
Shiraki, why don't we play a game of chess?
Okay.
Is anything going on? All quiet, is it?
Yeah, cross your fingers.
- Would you like a cup of coffee? - Yeah, thanks, why not?
What have you got there?
It's the diary of the teacher I just mentioned to you.
- The one in the mental home. - What?
A few days before he lost his mind, he came round to see me
and asked me to look after it for him.
I agreed, and that day he went into the asylum.
I didn't read it after that.
I suppose it's stupid of me, but I was too scared to.
Take a look at what he wrote on the last pages.
Just read it.
'It's interesting, there's no doubt.
'The principal and his wife have both undergone some definite change.
'They're quite different from when they first married.
'It's almost as if they're no longer the same people.
'Lately they've avoided all social occasions.
'They don't like to ever go out in the day.
'And I heard the same thing happened before.'
Oh... The first principal and his wife avoided daylight, too. It's uncanny.
What does he mean? The first principal and his wife are cursed?
But... the man he mentions is the second principal.
That's it. The second principal.
Ten years ago, he was chosen before the present principal got the job.
Professor Shimazaki. Yes, that was his name. Went mad.
It was the last thing he wanted.
'If evil does exist,
'if there is such a thing in this world as a genuine force that thrives on evil,
'it wouldn't appear in the form of a picture book devil.
'It would probably appear as a human.
'It would live in and live off a human being just as if it were some kind of parasite.
'And...'
Don't get it. The last part of this diary seems so awfully jumbled and confused.
But it's elementary, Doctor.
There is a definite pattern in all this.
All three principals and wives changed after taking office.
Professor Shimazaki found out he was to be nominated.
He was good, but the evil was too much.
You mean all three of the principals...
They've all been involved?
Yes? Come in.
I've checked the whole building thoroughly and I've been round the dormitory.
- Everything seems to be quiet. - That's good, thanks.
Why don't you take a seat?
Where's Kumi?
She's fixing her supper.
- Please put out that light. - What?
Put it out.
- Kyoko? - He's calling you. He wants you.
What? Who's calling me? Who wants me?
I have to take you to him. Come, Yukiko. Right now.
What are you saying, Kyoko?
- Kyoko! - I'll take you there.
Huh?
- Hold it! - Yukiko.
- The principal! - What?
You see, I'm right. It was the principal.
What are you saying? Come off it. This isn't the time to be playing jokes.
I'm not joking. Didn't you see him? I'm convinced it was the principal.
We'd better look after Yukiko first.
It's only a scratch. Don't worry.
Yukiko!
Listen, Yukiko.
You actually looked at the man. Did you recognize him?
I don't know.
What's happening to me? What's happening?
I must find that out. Let's go!
Doctor!
Oh, Doctor, I'll go in this direction.
- Teacher, I'm afraid. I'm afraid. - Now calm down.
You're safe now. No one's gonna hurt you again.
Teacher!
Kyoko!
Yukiko!
Miss Mitamura...
The principal! I was right.
- Miss Mitamura! - Yukiko!
Miss Mitamura!
Teacher...
- Look, it's the Doctor's. - Professor, where are you?
Over here!
Professor, it's horrible.
One of the young students is lying over there, half-dead.
What's that?
Yukiko.
Here.
- She's passed out for a moment. - That's a relief.
She'll be all right. At least she's alive.
It's the police. I phoned them to come right away.
At first, we thought that it must be just an intruder.
But now... Well, it's beginning to look like cold-blooded murder, eh?
I don't think this is a case of homicide at all.
Where's the evidence? And where's the murderer? It was an accident.
She slipped and fell. Unfortunately, it was fatal. Breaking the girl's neck.
An accident. I see no point in investigating further.
Wait a moment. Just before she fell, she seemed to be smiling.
As if she was following someone.
Following someone? What, a ghost, I suppose?
I get those kind of stories the whole time, Professor Shiraki.
It's clear to me that what this girl needed was to see a psychoanalyst.
No crime occurred, so it's not police responsibility.
It would appear from the way she behaved just prior to her death
that the poor girl was obviously in an advanced state of hysteria.
- That's my deduction. - I agree her death looks like an accident.
However, I'm sure someone made her do it.
Well, of course, I admit the possibility that there was an intruder here.
Now tell me, you say that you pursued the intruder but lost him in the woods.
What exactly went on?
Nothing much.
- I was too scared. Scared stiff, really. - Hmm...
So I... I just kept on running.
- You kept on running? - Uh-huh.
Can we return to the point of the intruder?
Didn't anyone get to look at him?
In cases such as this, it's almost impossible without identification.
- I could recognize him from behind. - Hmm... Anyone particular?
Well, Dr. Shimomura recognized him, and I'm tempted to agree.
It was the principal.
Are you sure?
I saw him with my own eyes.
Make some enquiries, check out if I'm right.
Best you get started!
What's up, Professor Shiraki, at this hour of night?
Oh, I'm sorry to disturb you so late.
But there's been an accident. One of your girls is dead.
We have to investigate. And, by the way, I'm from the police.
I see. Thank you for coming out here.
Well, you'd better tell me about it.
Well, it's not so straightforward, I'm afraid, you see,
The girl might have been pushed, but there's no proof she was.
Oh, hello, sir. Sorry I'm late in getting here.
This is Mr. Hosoya.
I am sorry to hear about the accident.
- Mr. Hosoya? - Hmm?
Professor Shiraki thinks it was not an accident.
What?
He says there was an intruder in the dormitory who looked just like me.
What? Why? Why should you say something like that?
I've only told just what I saw.
Seen from behind, I could swear the intruder looked like the principal.
I can only conclude, Professor Shiraki, that you suspect me of being a murderer.
Really now, I was in my study all evening.
And actually, Professor Yoshii was with me.
Please, proceed with your enquiries, Inspector.
- Well, were you with him tonight? - Yes.
All evening. We had to go over some papers.
We had to get the work done quickly.
Now hold it. Are you just going to take his word?
- Oh, by the way, Inspector... - Hm?
I know who looks like the principal seen from behind. It could be he is the intruder.
Who's that?
Professor Shiraki.
Well, now that you mention it...
Yes, he does rather, doesn't he?
Teacher...
Why have the police gone without a proper enquiry?
One more thing: why didn't the principal and Mr. Hosoya listen to what you said?
Teacher?
Well, at least one thing is clear to me, we're now on our own.
Yukiko is still badly hurt.
And we're all in considerable danger.
And I'm worried about the doctor, he's been gone too long.
Anyway, we can't afford to just wait for something.
The first thing is to find out who's behind this as soon as possible.
If my hunch is right, and I think it is, we're not up against a human.
Kumi, you're the only one that I can trust now.
- Are you willing to help me? - Yes. As long as I'm with you.
Teacher!
Yukiko? By herself?
In the woods? That's strange.
What is it?
Kumi, look at this.
There was someone with her. The doctor.
He must've taken these photographs. But the man's invisible.
Teacher!
Look, I've got to leave now. Don't worry.
I'll be back, but there's something I must find out first.
You'll be all right. Get a hold of yourself, no need to be frightened.
You must stay and look after Yuki.
Before I go, I'll ask the guard to keep an eye on you both.
If I'm not back by sundown, don't let anyone in.
- Okay? - Yes.
Yuki, you've had a good long sleep. You must be feeling hungry.
Look. Someone must've brought it to you as a gift. Do you know who?
Yuki?
- She's calling. - What?
The Mistress is calling to me.
Mistress? Mistress? Hey, who is it you mean?
I don't know. I only know she's calling me.
Yuki! You must pull yourself together!
Kitahama Mental Hospital
You better be careful, he often has violent attacks.
Yes.
Shimazaki...
Can you remember Seimei School at all?
You wrote a diary when you were teaching there, recording everything.
Do you remember? Can you hear?
Shimazaki...
I know that you're not insane at all. It's not true.
You simply tried to tell them what you'd seen.
That story was so horrible, the details so vile, you had to expose it.
But no one believed you, they thought you had to be mad. So instead...
...they locked you up.
Shimazaki, I'm in the same dangerous situation you were in ten years ago.
They're after me. They've already killed one student.
And another of the girls is hurt.
She's in a state of shock.
Tell me what you know! You must help me, please. You must help.
What do you know?
Yuki, you mustn't leave. Yuki, please don't go away!
Yuki...
Don't! You mustn't! Someone help!
Mr. Yoshii...
Yuki! You must stop her!
You must stop Yuki going out. She mustn't go out!
"Thus she kissed me and sucked my blood and marrow from me.
"And then, when I turned to greet her once more
"and surrender to her embrace,
"ah... she had disappeared.
"And the only thing that she left behind
"was a hideous, misshapen form of old, wrinkled skin,
"dripping with some kind of foul slime."
"if evil does exist,
"if there is such a thing in this world as a genuine force that thrives on evil,
"it wouldn't appear in the conventional form of a picture book devil.
"It would probably appear as a human.
"It would live in and live off a human being
"just as if it were some kind of parasite.
"And having had its fill, it would move to another."
Shimazaki...
I'm sorry. I worried you, going off.
Yuki, you're back! Don't do it again.
You know, I was worried half to death!
You can stop worrying. I won't go off again.
You can relax, I feel much better now, anyway.
I must say, you've recovered very quickly.
Yuki... Tell me what's so funny?
Why are you smiling in that way?
You've changed. What's happened? You're not Yukiko.
So, you've seen through me, have you?
I didn't think I could deceive an intelligent young girl like you.
What do you mean? How have you deceived me?
What do you mean? I don't understand what you mean!
If you're not Yuki, then who are you?
Yes. My name really is Yukiko Mitamura.
And I am going to be the wife of the new principal.
I am soon going to be Mrs. Shiraki.
I know, you're in love with Professor Shiraki, right?
But you can't have him. You'll never have him, because I'm going to marry him.
I'm so sorry to have worried you. I'm pretty much better now.
Well, I'm glad, but where's Kumi?
- She decided to go back home. - Are you sure?
Since I was quite recovered, there was no longer any reason for her to stay.
Teacher, I would like to talk to you more seriously.
But not in here.
Please will you follow me?
Okay.
Will... Will you take me to be your wife?
Have you gone mad?
Now I see why I was to be the new principal.
So you could live on in me. You're the devil in disguise, you're not Yukiko.
You're a blood-sucking demon, aren't you? Damn you.
You're the principal's wife.
Are you having a nightmare?
Professor Shiraki, your story sounds too farfetched.
Are you seriously expecting that people will believe such a lurid tale?
- No, I'm not. Kumi didn't doubt it. - Yes.
The doctor believed it.
Yes, the doctor...
He's at the bottom of the lake.
Don't you worry, the doctor will never be lonely again.
He has more than enough friends down there to keep him company.
There's Keiko Nonomiya,
and now Yuki Mitamura.
What the...?
Kumi.
Teacher!
Quick, we must get out.
Kumi, run!
You...!
Kumi, quick!
Teacher!
- Are you all right? - Hmm.
Teacher!
THE END