Parasyte: Part 1

2014 • 1h 49m •

Science Fiction Horror Action Drama

MOVIEVIBE Rating

★ 7.0/10

321 reviews

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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.

"The alien invasion begins."

Top Billed 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

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D Dr Nostromo Verified TMDB Critic

2026-03-28

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 excellent backdrop for some gnarly monster effects and good action. Although it got redundant at times, it never failed to entertain and the sequel ought to be great! -- DrNostromo.com...