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Parasaito Ivu (1997)

120 min  -  Action | Crime | Drama
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Toshiaki Nagashima is a biologist who is doing major research on mitochondria. When his beautiful young wife is tragically involved in a car accident which leaves her brain dead... See full summary »

Director:

Masayuki Ochiai

Writers:

Ryôichi Kimizuka, Hideaki Sena (novel)
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Cast

Credited cast:
Hiroshi Mikami Hiroshi Mikami ...
Toshiaki Nagashima
Riona Hazuki Riona Hazuki ...
Kiyomi Nagashima
Tomoko Nakajima Tomoko Nakajima ...
Sawako Asakura
Ayako Omura Ayako Omura ...
Mariko Anzai
Gorô Inagaki Gorô Inagaki ...
Tatsuro Ohno
Hisako Manda Hisako Manda ...
Etsuko Odagiri
Tetsuya Bessho Tetsuya Bessho ...
Takatsugu Yoshizumi
Noboru Mitani Noboru Mitani ...
Mutsuo Ishihara
Kenzô Kawarasaki Kenzô Kawarasaki ...
Shigeru Kataoka
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sanshô Shinsui Sanshô Shinsui
Ikkei Watanabe Ikkei Watanabe
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Storyline

Toshiaki Nagashima is a biologist who is doing major research on mitochondria. When his beautiful young wife is tragically involved in a car accident which leaves her brain dead, in desperation he steals her liver from her body in order to recieve the mitochondria from it to resurrect his wife from the dead. The killer mitochondria takes the form of his assistant who then uses the biologist for the host of a terrifying new species that is threatening to take over the world. Written by anonymous  

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Plot Keywords:

Mitochondria | Species | Car Accident | Shapeshifting | Horse  | See more »

Taglines:

It's not a virus... it's evolution. See more »

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Action | Crime | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Also Known As:

Parasite Eve See more »

Filming Locations:

Saitama, Japan

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Goofs

Factual errors: About halfway through the movie, the scientist is using a microscope to watch cells multiply. When the cells split apart they make a noise, and the electrical activity makes noise as well, though it is all at a microscopic level. See more »

Connections

References The Abyss (1989) See more »