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.
The 2020–2022 Japan Window
452 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Parasite in Love sits at position #378.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
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 2020s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2020s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Parasite in Love premiered. 539 total titles in this decade from Japan.
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 |