Japan Synopsis
恋する寄生虫
A young man named Kengo Kosaka suffers from extreme mysophobia. Due to his compulsive disorder, he is unable to maintain a relationship with anyone. Kengo Kosaka is also a lonely young man. Meanwhile, high school student Hijiri Sanagi has scopophobia. Because of her fear of being stared at, she refuses to go to school. Both Kengo Kosaka and Hijiri Sanagi do not expect to find love with another person, but they meet and fall in love.
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Films and series that share thematic tags with Parasite in Love. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2020–2022 Japan Window
In the crowded 2020-2022 Japan release window, Parasite in Love sits at #378 of 452. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
2021 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 170 titles released, including Parasite in Love. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (539 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 169 other Japan films in 2021.
The 4352nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
11 audience reviews — more than 11% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 25th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Parasite in Love, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- phobia · 3
- obsessive compulsive disorder · 2
- mental instability · 1
- fears · 1
- loneliness · 17
- based on novel or book · 288
- romance · 94
- high school · 88
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,215 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (30th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,409 of 1,933 (top 73%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | KADOKAWA |
| Runtime | 1h 40m |
| Release Date | November 12, 2021 |
| IMDb | tt16059146 |
| Official Site | koi-kiseichu.jp |