
Directing
Michio Yamamoto
Born — Died
1933-07-06 — 2004-08-23
Place of birth
Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
Known for
Directing
Credits
11 titles
Mishio Yamamoto (山本 迪夫, Yamamoto Michio; 6 July 1933 - 23 August 2004) was a Japanese film director best known for The Bloodthirsty Trilogy (The Vampire Doll, Lake of Dracula, and Evil of Dracula).
Known for
6.9A young man goes missing after visiting his girlfriend's isolated country home. His sister and her boyfriend trace him to a creepy mansion, but their search becomes perilous when they uncover a gruesome family history.
The Vampire Doll
1970
6.8A young girl suffers a terrifying nightmare of a vampire with blazing golden eyes. Eighteen years later, it is revealed to be a hellish prophecy when a strange package containing an empty coffin mysteriously turns up at a nearby lake.
Lake of Dracula
1971
6.8Professor Shiraki arrives at an isolated girls' boarding school to take a new position. Upon arrival, he learns the principal's wife died in a car accident and is being kept in the cellar, according to local tradition. The principal startles Shiraki by asking him to become his successor, but Shiraki soon discovers that the principal has much darker motives.
Evil of Dracula
1974
NRThe Second mystery of the roaming reporter and rookie detective finds them investigating the murder of a new bride on her wedding day, who was about to come into a huge inheritance.
The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 2 - I Saw the Bride's Corpse in the Sea of Toba!
1986
7.5Yuri Ebara is inexplicably laid off, abandoned by her closest friend, and is suddenly asked to move out of her apartment. As she nears rock bottom, she begins to suspect someone is out to drive her insane, or worse.
Terror in the Streets
1970
7.5A special edition of the TV series "Gakko no Kaidan (School Ghost Story)" broadcast on Fuji Television Network.
School Ghost Story: Spring Haunting Special
1999
Behind the camera
6.9A young man goes missing after visiting his girlfriend's isolated country home. His sister and her boyfriend trace him to a creepy mansion, but their search becomes perilous when they uncover a gruesome family history.
The Vampire Doll
1970
6.8A young girl suffers a terrifying nightmare of a vampire with blazing golden eyes. Eighteen years later, it is revealed to be a hellish prophecy when a strange package containing an empty coffin mysteriously turns up at a nearby lake.
Lake of Dracula
1971
6.8Professor Shiraki arrives at an isolated girls' boarding school to take a new position. Upon arrival, he learns the principal's wife died in a car accident and is being kept in the cellar, according to local tradition. The principal startles Shiraki by asking him to become his successor, but Shiraki soon discovers that the principal has much darker motives.
Evil of Dracula
1974
NRThe Second mystery of the roaming reporter and rookie detective finds them investigating the murder of a new bride on her wedding day, who was about to come into a huge inheritance.
The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 2 - I Saw the Bride's Corpse in the Sea of Toba!
1986
7.5Yuri Ebara is inexplicably laid off, abandoned by her closest friend, and is suddenly asked to move out of her apartment. As she nears rock bottom, she begins to suspect someone is out to drive her insane, or worse.
Terror in the Streets
1970
7.5A special edition of the TV series "Gakko no Kaidan (School Ghost Story)" broadcast on Fuji Television Network.
School Ghost Story: Spring Haunting Special
1999
NRInspector Uno and college student Yuko Nagai are honored guests at an isolated village where 300 million yen mysteriously went missing and a deadly festival is celebrated every three years...
Ghost Festival in Zenjin Village
1979
9.0Crime film released in 1969
The Resurrection of the Beast
1969
NRA travel writer and his girlfriend stumble across a murder while on an assignment.
Noto Peninsula Murders
1988
NRA travel writer on an assignment comes across a murder, tries and fails to chase down the criminal. He notices the corpse was switched for another one...
Murder on the Sanriku Coast
1987
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Driverless Hearse
1998
