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User Rating:
5.8/10   508 votes
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Director:

Masayuki Ochiai

Writers:

Ryôichi Kimizuka (writer)
Hideaki Sena (novel)

Contact:

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Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi more

Tagline:

The worst foe lies within the self... more

Plot:

Toshiaki Nagashima is a biologist who is doing major research on mitochondria. When his beautiful young... more | add synopsis

User Comments:

Excellent movie! more (19 total)


Cast

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

Also Known As:

Parasite Eve
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Runtime:

120 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Filming Locations:

Saitama, Japan


Fun Stuff

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. more

Movie Connections:

Spin off Parasite Eve (1998) (VG) more


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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent movie!, 21 July 2000
9/10
Author: Lars-58 from Goteborg, Sweden

I got this title on Video CD without any prior information on it. I didn't even know what genre it was. After seeing it it's one of my favorites!

The plot evolves very subtly for about the first half. Then through some fluid storytelling it all changes into a sci-fi mystery. Beautifully shot and very good acting. Almost dreamlike settings mix with harsh laboratory milieus. This contrast is in parallel with the story that first evolves around the love of life and later the sorrow of death and some really weird consequences.

If you get the chance to see it and you like romantic thrillers this is one for you.

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