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Parasyte: Part 1

Parasyte: Part 1

The alien invasion begins.

20147.11h 49m

Overview

Humanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat murders'. High school student Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.

Directed by Takashi Yamazaki
Written by Ryota Kosawa, Takashi Yamazaki, Hitoshi Iwaaki
Produced by Takahiro Sato, Keichiiro Moriya, Genki Kawamura
Box Office0Revenue: $9.6M

Top Cast

Shota Sometani

Shota Sometani

Izumi Shinichi

Sadao Abe

Sadao Abe

Migi (voice)

Eri Fukatsu

Eri Fukatsu

Tamiya Ryoko

Ai Hashimoto

Ai Hashimoto

Murano Satomi

Kazuki Kitamura

Kazuki Kitamura

Hirokawa Takeshi

Masahiro Higashide

Masahiro Higashide

Shimada Hideo

Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

Goto

M

Miko Yoki

Izumi Nobuko

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

Detective Hirama

Hirofumi Arai

Hirofumi Arai

Uragami

Themes & Keywords

alienbased on mangaalien invasionshape shiftermother son relationship

About Parasyte: Part 1

Parasyte: Part 1 is a science fiction, horror, action, drama film released in 2014 exploring themes of alien, based on manga, alien invasion, shape shifter, mother son relationship. Directed by Takashi Yamazaki, it stars Shota Sometani, Sadao Abe, Eri Fukatsu. Humanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat murders'. High school student Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.

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