Movie: Parasyte Part 1
Romaji: Kiseiju
Japanese: 寄生獣
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Writer: Hitoshi Iwaaki (manga), Ryota Kosawa
Producer:
Cinematographer:
World Premiere: October 30, 2014 (Tokyo IFF)
Release Date: November 29, 2014
Runtime: 109 min.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
Mysterious worm-like aliens fall from the sky. They penetrate through the ears or nose into human beings and live off their brain while dominating the body. Now with human appearance, the parasites live among humans.
Shinichi Izumi (Shota Sometani) is an ordinary high school student. His best friend is Satomi Murano (Ai Hashimoto). One day, Shinichi Izumi is attacked by a parasite, but he is able to fight off the parasite before it takes over his brain. The parasite though lives within his right hand. Shinichi Izumi and the parasite now live together. Shinichi believes the parasites are responsible for countless murders all around the world and he feels responsible, because he knows the truth.
Meanwhile, Ryoko Tamiya (Eri Fukatsu) is a teacher that starts her new post at the same high school where Shinichi attends. She has been taken over by a parasite and comes to observe Shinichi.
Notes
Based on the manga series "Kiseiju" by Hitoshi Iwaaki (published from 1990 to 1995 by Kodansha's Afternoon magazine).
Filming began January, 2014 and finished 5 months later.
Related titles:
Parasyte Part 1 | Kiseiju (2014)
Parasyte Part 2 | Kiseiju Kanketsu Hen (2015)
Cast
Shota Sometani as Shinichi Izumi
Eri Fukatsu as Ryoko Tamiya
Sadao Abe as Migi
Ai Hashimoto as Satomi Murano
Masahiro Higashide as Hideo Shimada
Nao Omori asKuramori
Kazuki Kitamura as Tsuyoshi Hirokawa
Pierre Taki as Miki
Hirofumi Arai as Uragami
Jun Kunimura as Detective Hirama
Kimiko Yo as Nobuko Izumi
Tadanobu Asano as Goto
Hideto Iwai as Kusano
Takashi Yamanaka as Detective Tsuji
Shuji Okui as Chinese restaurant owner
Mansaku Ikeuchi as A
Kosuke Toyohara as Yamagishi
Additional Cast Members:
Yuki Sakurai - OL