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dramamccringe · 8 months

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Bara no Konrei (2001)

#bara no konrei #malice mizer #mana #mana sama #közi #goth #gothic #gothic horror #vampire #vampirecore #religious imagery #vkei

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snakedisorder · 1 year

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Two page ad for Malice Mizer’s Dracula inspired silent film ”薔薇の婚礼～真夜中に交わした約束～” in SHOXX Volume 106, December 2001.

#Malice Mizer #SHOXX #bara no konrei #薔薇の婚礼 #j-rock #jrock #japanese music #visual kei #dracula #silent film #jrock scans

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brie-draws · 3 months

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Malice Mizer (Bara no konrei - Mayonaka ni Kawashita Yakusoku) icons~

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sfaghetti · 11 days

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oh just finished bara no konrei and I think this is how the plot goes ? do correct me if I'm wrong with anything I'm just trying to put together my thoughts here. anyways plot summarized/explained:

btw I'll use she/her for Mana's character for easier distinction since all characters other than Cecil r men and Mana's can be interpreted as either a man or a woman, so. also Dracula is played by Yu~ki.

Klaha and Cecil are engaged and due to marry in a week but Dracula sends Klaha a letter saying he wants to purchase a manor and is asking for advice, Klaha agrees to go visit him and has to postpone the wedding by another week making Cecil very upset, but she agrees as long as he does arrive in time like he promised. while he's at Dracula's mansion, she has dreams of a vampire coming for her and her staying with him. she goes to church to confess her dreams to the nun who is Mana and Mana tells her to pray.

meanwhile at the mansion, Klaha sees a painting of a woman that sticks out to him due to her resemblance to Cecil, Dracula realizes that he's looking at the painting and says that it's his late wife. later, during dinner, Dracula sees Klaha's locket with a picture of Cecil. after they dine he sends Klaha off to his room to sleep and here is where Klaha dreams of women (who seem to be other vampires) who touch him all over while he's tied to a cross.

while Klaha sleeps Közi, who is a vampire, keeps drinking the blood out of human women, until he arrives to Cecil's room where he is stopped by Mana who tells him that he cannot touch Cecil for she's meant to be Dracula's virgin bride. Közi asks her why she's doing all this for Dracula, she says that it's because Dracula saved her life and then it goes to a flashback where we can see Mana inside the church then all of the sudden Közi opens the door and warns her that they're coming for her, a crowd appears and they forcibly take Mana while holding Közi back.

the crowd brings Mana to the stake and burns her while Közi can only watch, for what it seems she didn't truly die at the stake and got saved by Dracula by being turned into a vampire as well. we're back to the present and Közi asks her why she's still living as undead when her revenge has been fulfilled and she says that it's to keep the faith of those who believe in God, this could probably mean that despite being a living dead she's still catholic? since she seemingly stays with her role of a nun. Közi leaves and then she sits on Cecil's bed.

while this was going on Klaha wakes up and realizes he's been asleep for far too long, he walks out of the room and sees that now the painting of Dracula's late wife has "Cecil" written over it. he rushes out to go back home.

by this time Dracula was on his way to where Cecil lives. before arriving Dracula went on drinking the blood of the people that Mana brought to him to regain his youth. at the same time, Cecil receives another letter, which wasn't written by Klaha, telling her that he's gonna take another week because he'll have to teach Dracula the customs of the people that live there.

Dracula and Cecil finally meet up and after their first meeting he goes to her room and turns her into a vampire. Klaha arrives and finds Cecil already turned, and he arranges for an exorcism to be performed to save her.

during the exorcism Dracula arrives and breaks the ropes that were holding back Cecil, he kills everyone in the room except Cecil and Klaha, embracing her once he's done. Klaha picks up a knife/dagger to stab him but Dracula disappears with Cecil before he's able to.

after Dracula disappears Közi manifests himself in the same room and tells Klaha that he's not here to hurt him but to help him. he tells Klaha where he can find Dracula and asks him if he believes in god, as to which Klaha says he does. Közi tells him that it's harder to kill a vampire the more religious you are. maybe a reference back to Mana staying religious despite being a vampire/being devoted to one? Klaha asks him why he's helping him and Közi says that it's to defend his territory, Klaha thanks him and leaves.

next we see Cecil being laid on a table with Mana and Dracula at her side. Dracula slits his own wrist so that Cecil can drink from him and this is when Klaha arrives. he tries to engage in a fight with Dracula but Dracula quickly overpowers him. when Dracula is about to kill him Közi arrives and saves him and gets into a fight with Dracula. by the end of the fight Közi kills himself for some reason? might have been because he realized he couldn't defeat Dracula and he'd rather go out on his own. he doesn't fully succeed in his suicide and while bleeding out he asks Klaha to finish him, which he does.

Klaha goes to Cecil, but then she opens her mouth and he realizes that she's a vampire now. Mana (who had also gotten in the middle of the fight between Közi and Dracula) tells Klaha that Cecil must die then she falls to the ground. Klaha tries to stab Cecil but Dracula gets between them protecting her. Dracula offers her his blood to drink and while she's drinking Klaha takes this chance to stab him and finally kill him. after he's done with Dracula he stabs her also and she falls to the ground. he's about to finish her off but instead he slits his hand to feed her and she holds him close. next shot is of them waking up together with wedding clothes on, he picks her up and they walk out together.

did they both die and it was them in the afterlife? did they both become vampires? was it just a near-death hallucination? not sure but either way it was really enjoyable

would love to have seen it in black and white though

#malice mizer #bara no konrei #mana #közi #yu~ki #klaha #kozi #yuki

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auviergine · 1 year

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currently fixating on vampires so i decided to make my final plate just that

#malice mizer #visual kei #vkei art #mana sama #klaha #yuki #bara no konrei #auviergineart #sowy kozi isnt there #ill make up for it by working on my neglected jester kozi wip

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kozis-ragdoll · 2 years

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like most of tumblr right now, i'm currently reading dracula, and it's impossible for me to picture our good friend jonathan harker as anything but this 🥺

like tell me you wouldn't die for that himbo

#my good friend jonathan harker #bara no konrei #malice mizer #klaha #dracula #dracula daily

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genderqueer-karma · 2 years

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tried explaining bara no konrei to a friend this morning and the confusion in her voice and on her face was truly poetic

#yo it's d :)#malice mizer #bara no konrei #(banger film. love it so much)#she knows about my hyperfixation so it wasn't a surprise that i was talking about the guys #but i definitely think i lost her with everything after 'vampire turf war'

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gentleman-aster · 6 months

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If I had a nickel for every weird silent movie done between 2001* and 2002 inspired by Dracula where Dracula is played by an east-asian guy with curly long hair, I'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't much but it's weird that it happened twice????

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*The 2001 one isn't close to the book at all. It's done by a japanese band called Malice Mizer (my favorite band ever!!!) and the band members are the ones playing the main characters. It's inspired by the 1992 Dracula movie, which is one of the guitarists'(Mana) favorite movies, but the characters are altered to fit the members, which means no lucy, no suitor squad, no van helsing, and 2 completely new characters.

The music used for the movie is from their last album, bara no seidou.

#dracula #dracula pages of a virgin's diary #bara no konrei #malice mizer #ballet #winnipeg ballet #yu~ki #silent movie #bara no seidou

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xoadoratio · 1 year

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MALICE MIZER - bara no konrei, mayonaka ni kawashita yakusoku (薔薇の婚礼～真夜中に交わした約束～)

i finally got around to watching this yesterday and i haven’t stopped thinking about it.

#malice mizer #klaha era #bara no seidou #MALICE MIZER - bara no konrei mayonaka ni kawashita yakusoku #薔薇の婚礼～真夜中に交わした約束～#low budget film #visual kei

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saturn-s-moon · 6 months

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The promise we exchanged at midnight

#malice mizer #közi #malice mizer közi #vkei #bara no konrei is my fav look of his its sooo pretty #☆ calli art

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thehellsingalchemist · 2 years

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Ok, so posting this one here as well. Little drawing of Yu~ki, from that one time he played Dracula. :3

#my art #Malice Mizer #Yu~ki #bara no konrei movie #dracula #pencil drawing #traditional art #Fanart

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dramamccringe · 8 months

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Bara no Konrei (2001)

#bara no konrei #malice mizer #klaha #közi #mana #mana sama #slayed #goth #gothic #gothic horror #vampires #vampirecore #vkei #nudity cw #in case you're next to your grandma #blood cw

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withered-rose-unbreakable-lotus · 1 month

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Masterpost: Visual Kei movies & other types jrockers were involved

So, it came to my attention some of you want to watch more visual kei movies so I thought of listing what I know, in case you've missed any of those. Please feel free to add anything I've missed with reblogs or in the comments.

Thank you @kirk-goes-to-gallifrey for the three movie links! ^^ And thank you @waretamado for helping with the titles of Plastic Tree's movies! Btw most of the vkei only movies must still be available on YT guys, however not all of them will be on HD.

Visual Kei movies:

Seth et Holth (1993) (Hide) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx_laJCEpew)

Moon Child (2003) (Gackt & Hyde)

Verte Aile/Bel Air (1997) (Malice Mizer) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdd58pTaK8A)

Bara no Konrei/Bridal of the Rose (2001) (Malice Mizer) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1d_cFRnxs)

BeatRock☆Love (2009) (Takeru ex.SuG)

Number Six (2006) (Alice Nine)

Yuku Pura Kuru Pura... Edokawa Puranpo no 「Ougon otoko」~「Visual bako no bijo」 (Plastic Tree) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81Bb-3L4l2E)

Yuku Pura Kuru Pura... Edokawa Puranpo no 「Onan tokage」~「Bishounen wo kuu bijo」 (Plastic Tree) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAha6vDCE0Q)

Yuku Pura Kuru Pura...Edokawa Puranpo no「Angura Kaijin」~「Remon no bijo」 (Plastic Tree) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzt3ai5LSXc)

Ascendead Master (2009) (Versailles)

Onegai Kanaete (2011) (Versailles)

Oresama (2004) (Miyavi) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcBvKQfVKNM)

Non Visual Kei movies jrockers acted in:

Kagen no Tsuki (2004) (this is a live action of a manga) (Hyde)

There is a movie that Takeru of SuG had played in for only a couple of scenes that was his first ever role, but I forget the name. I remember sth about "blue generation" or sth. If sb remembers it, please put it in the comments. Most people might remember the scene with the fluffy coat, him with blond hair turning to the protagonist with a menacing look, from the distance.

Paracelcus' Homonculus (2015) (this is an artsy film based off a photographer's exhibition) (Takeru of SuG)

Midori: the Camellia girl (2016) (live action of a manga) (Takeru of SuG)

Bunraku (2010) (Gackt)

Akumu-chan (2014) (Gackt)

Karanukan (2018) (Gackt)

Tonde Saitama 1 (2019) & 2 (2023) (Gackt)

Moshimo Tokugawa Ieyasu ga Sori Daijin ni Nattara (2024) (Gackt)

Furin Kazan (2007) (Gackt)

Mr. Brain (2009) (it must have been 1 episode or 2) (Gackt)

Tempest (2011) (Gackt)

Sengoku Basara (2012) (Gackt)

Time Spiral (2014) (Gackt)

BLEACH (2018) (live action) (Miyavi)

Hell Dogs (2022) (Miyavi)

Familia (2023) (Miyavi)

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) (Miyavi)

Kate (2021) (Miyavi)

Stray (2019) (Miyavi)

Unbroken (2014) (Miyavi)

There's a movie with either gangs or bands that Chiyu of SuG played after the disband. Papiko, shed your light cause I don't remember the title.

Other

REPO! The Genetic Opera (2008) (Yoshiki was involved with the music production of this film. Personally I learnt it years after I'd watched it)

Death Trance (2005) (It features many Dir en Grey songs in its soundtracks)

I hope you can find anything you like and enjoy!

#visual kei #vkei #visual kei movies #hide #x japan #versailles #malice mizer #gackt #miyavi #takeru #hyde #l'arc en ciel #vamps #alice nine #plastic tree #chiyu #sug

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cruellangelsthesis · 1 year

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bara no konrei (2001) - malice mizer :3

#malice mizer #klaha #mana sama #közi #yu~ki

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sfaghetti · 11 days

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Mana in Bara no Konrei

#Mana #Bara no Konrei #Malice Mizer

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uselesstwinkharker · 1 year

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For Dracula fans looking for less well-known film adaptations:

Drakula İstanbul'da (1953) - The Turkish one. Not the most thrilling but pretty close to the plot of the book.

Zinda Laash (1967) - The Pakistani one. Kind of a musical. Plot is extremely similar to the Hammer version and the ending is just as insane.

Dracula (1968) (from Mystery & Imagination) - A pretty slow TV version. Not exciting but good enough.

Cuadecuc, Vampir (1970) - A weird-ass art movie made mostly from behind-the-scenes footage of the 1970 Count Dracula.

Hrabě Drákula (1971) - The Czech one. Haven't seen it in a while but I remember it being solid.

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1973) - The Jack Palance one. One-sided reincarnated wife situation. He does a Godzilla scream.

Bara no Konrei ~Mayonaka ni Kawashita Yakusoku~ (2001) - A pretty loose version made by Malice Mizer.

Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary (2002) - A ballet version.

Dracula’s Curse (2002) - All I remember about this movie is that it kind of sucks.

The Vulture’s Eye (2004) - A modern-day version set in Virginia. Low budget but unique and pretty good.

Alucard (2008) - THE singular most faithful-to-the-book version. Don't let the literal $1500 budget scare you off I swear to god it's perfect

Dracula (2009) - Maybe the worst one ever. So bad it's actually unbelievable. It's like a Birdemic vibe but totally incomprehensible. HIGHLY recommend

Dracula, Lord of the Damned (2011) - A wild semi-animated version with sort of a comic book vibe.

Terror of Dracula (2012) - Another low budget one that I don't remember much about, but it's decent enough for what it is.

#dracula #scheiße

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