Japan Synopsis
寄生獣
“The alien invasion begins.”
Alien pods come to Earth and, naturally, start taking over Human Hosts. One such pod only manages to take over one human's, Shin Izumi, right arm. Together they grow and co-exist, all the while the other aliens are making meals of other humans; Shin feels he must put a stop to it all, but his alien, Migi, doesn't see why.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Parasyte: Part 1. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
2 sharedDragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku
★ 7.5 · Japan
2 sharedDragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge
★ 6.9 · Japan
2 sharedDragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies
★ 6.8 · Japan
2 sharedDragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks
★ 7.5 · Japan
2 sharedShin Ultraman
★ 7.1 · Japan
2 sharedEvangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
★ 7.8 · Japan
Other Titles From dentsu
Science Fiction + Horror in Japan
93 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Science Fiction and Horror genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Parasyte: Part 1 itself).
The 2013–2015 Japan Window
Parasyte: Part 1 holds position #234 of 546 Japan films in the 2013–2015 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Parasyte: Part 1 premiered alongside 186 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 186 other Japan films in 2014.
The 3069th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
238 audience reviews — more than 88% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 78th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Parasyte: Part 1, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- shape shifter · 2
- alien invasion · 24
- mother son relationship · 21
- based on manga · 297
- alien · 51
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,920 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (58th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Science Fiction productions specifically: #140 of 566 (top 25%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | dentsu, GYAO, KDDI, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Robot Communications |
| Runtime | 1h 49m |
| Release Date | November 29, 2014 |
| IMDb | tt3345472 |
| Official Site | www.kiseiju.com |