Parasyte: Part 1

2014 109 min ★ 7.0 Science Fiction, Horror, Action, Drama

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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Cast

Shota Sometani

Izumi Shinichi

Sadao Abe

Migi (voice)

Eri Fukatsu

Tamiya Ryoko

Ai Hashimoto

Murano Satomi

Kazuki Kitamura

Hirokawa Takeshi

Masahiro Higashide

Shimada Hideo

Tadanobu Asano

Goto

Miko Yoki

Izumi Nobuko

Jun Kunimura

Detective Hirama

Hirofumi Arai

Uragami

Details

Director

Takashi Yamazaki

Screenplay

Ryota Kosawa

Tagline

"The alien invasion begins."

Status

Released

Original Language

JA

Revenue

$9,649,013

Production

dentsu, GYAO, KDDI, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Robot Communications, Shirogumi, TOHO, Yahoo! Japan, Nippan Group Holdings, Abe Shuji, Kodansha, VAP, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation

Reviews

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Dr Nostromo

March 28, 2026

★ 6/10

61/100 Parasitic creatures are taking over humans by infecting their brain but one teen stops the assault resulting in the parasite just taking over his hand. This symbiotic relationship is the heart of this story as 'Migi', the parasite, wants to joins it's kind and the teen wants to save humanity. Delving into compassion, sentimentality and the like attempting to define what's human, makes an...