Parasyte: Part 1
| Parasyte: Part 1 | |
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| Directed by | Takashi Yamazaki |
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Parasyte by Hitoshi Iwaaki |
| Starring | Shota Sometani |
| Music by | Naoki Satō |
| Cinematography | Shoichi Ato |
| Edited by | Junnosuke Hogaki |
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| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | ¥2 billion (Japan)[1] |
Parasyte: Part 1 (Japanese: 寄生獣 Hepburn: Kiseijū) is a 2014 Japanese science fiction action horror film directed by Takashi Yamazaki, starring Shota Sometani. It is the first film of the two Parasyte films, and was followed by Parasyte: Part 2.[2]
Plot
Aliens enter into human brains via ear canal and take control of their bodies. One of the aliens tries to enter into teenager Shinichi Izumi's brain, but is blocked because of his headphones. Instead, it invades his right hand. Shinichi calls it Migi, which has now an eye and a mouth. Accepting the fact that one would die if another dies, they join forces against other parasites.
Cast
- Shota Sometani as Shinichi Izumi (泉 新一 Izumi Shin'ichi)
- Sadao Abe as Migi (ミギー Migī)
- Eri Fukatsu as Ryoko Tamiya (田宮 良子 Tamiya Ryōko)
- Ai Hashimoto as Satomi Murano (村野 里美 Murano Satomi)
- Masahiro Higashide as Hideo Shimada (島田 秀雄 Shimada Hideo)
- Nao Omori as Kuramori
- Kazuki Kitamura as Tsuyoshi Hirokawa
- Pierre Taki as Miki (三木, lit. Three trees)
- Hirofumi Arai as Uragami
- Jun Kunimura as Lieutenant Hirama
- Kimiko Yo as Nobuko Izumi (泉 信子 Izumi Nobuko)
- Tadanobu Asano as Goto (後藤 Gotō)
Release
Parasyte: Part 1 screened at the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival as the closing film on October 30, 2014.[3]
The film was released on November 29, 2014 in Japan. It topped the box office on its opening weekend, earning $2.9 million from 256,000 admissions on 418 screens.[4]
Reception
Mark Schilling of The Japan Times gave the film 3 and a half stars out of 5, saying, "I couldn't call myself a fan of the manga, but the film adaptation of Parasyte hits the hard-to-find sweet spot between black comedy and serious sci-fi/horror".[5] Peter Debruge of Variety in his favorable review felt that "[the film] marks an entertaining new iteration in the body-horror category, as if someone had grafted a very dark high-school comedy onto a David Cronenberg movie."[6] Meanwhile, Christopher O'Keeffe of Twitch Film in his unfavorable review commented that "Parasyte: Part 1 spends a great deal of time laying the groundwork for the concluding chapter and its charmless aliens and the scarcity of action in early scenes fail to make it stand on its own."[7]
References
- ↑ 【国内映画ランキング】「シンデレラ」初登場第1位、「寄生獣 完結編」6位に新作3本が続く. eiga.com (in Japanese). April 25, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- ↑ Ma, Kevin (November 20, 2013). "Yamazaki Takashi to adapt Parasyte". Film Business Asia.
- ↑ Cremin, Stephen (October 31, 2014). "Heaven Knows What takes Tokyo Grand Prix". Film Business Asia.
- ↑ Schilling, Mark (December 1, 2014). "Japan BO: ‘Parasyte’ wins weekend". Variety.
- ↑ Schilling, Mark (November 5, 2014). "Parasyte: Gory invasion of the cannibal body snatchers". The Japan Times.
- ↑ Debruge, Peter (November 1, 2014). "Film Review: 'Parasyte: Part 1'". Variety.
- ↑ O'Keeffe, Christopher (November 15, 2014). "Review: PARASYTE PART 1, Slow Burn Alien Takeover Paves Way For Part 2". Twitch Film.
External links
- Official website (Japanese)
- Kiseijû: Part 1 at the Internet Movie Database
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