Parasyte: Part 1
2014
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Synopsis
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.
Parasyte: Part 1 (2014) is a 1h 49min sci-fi feature film by Takashi Yamazaki. Humanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat murders'. Selected for Mayhem Film Festival (2015).
Key facts
Cast
Shota Sometani, Sadao Abe, Eri Fukatsu, Ai Hashimoto, Kazuki Kitamura, Masahiro Higashide, Tadanobu Asano, Miko Yoki
Original language
Japanese
First release
November 29, 2014 (Japan)
Production companies
Robot Communications
Setting
Japan
Crew
Screenplay
Ryota Kosawa, Takashi Yamazaki
Producer
Genki Kawamura, Keichiiro Moriya, Takahiro Sato
Cinematography
Shôichi Atô
Editing
Junnosuke Hogaki
Music
Naoki Sato
Trailer
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Festival History
- Fantasia International Film Festival 2016 generic
- Asian Film Awards 2015 generic
- Fantasy Filmfest 2015 generic - Official Selection
- Mayhem Film Festival 2015
- Viennale 2015 generic
- Tokyo International Film Festival 2014 generic
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Japan | November 29, 2014 |
| Theatrical | United States | November 29, 2014 |
| Theatrical | Indonesia | January 14, 2015 |
| Theatrical | Hong Kong | January 21, 2015 |
| Theatrical | South Korea | February 26, 2015 |
| Theatrical | Thailand | May 7, 2015 |
| Theatrical | China | September 2, 2016 |
| Classification | Germany | 16 |
Full credits
| Director | Takashi Yamazaki |
| 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), Pierre Taki (Miki), Mansaku Ikeuchi (A), Seiji Hino (S.A.T.), Hideto Iwai (Kusano), Nao Omori (Kuramori), Shuji Okui (Chinese Retaurant Owner), Yuki Sakurai (OL), Kosuke Toyohara (Yamagishi), Takashi Yamanaka (Detective Tsuji), Kimiko Yo (Izumi Nobuko), Taiju Nakane |
| Screenplay | Ryota Kosawa, Takashi Yamazaki |
| Producer | Genki Kawamura, Keichiiro Moriya, Takahiro Sato |
| Executive producer | Akihiro Yamauchi, Minami Ichikawa, Seiji Okuda, Shuji Abe, Yoshio Nakayama |
| Cinematography | Shôichi Atô |
| Editing | Junnosuke Hogaki |
| Music | Naoki Sato |
| Production design | Eri Sakushima, Yuji Hayashida |
| Visual effects | Takashi Yamazaki |
| Sound | Mitsugu Shiratori |
Additional data: TMDB.
