# Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)

> A Japanese teenager and the alien parasite inhabiting his right hand form an uneasy partnership amid a grotesque invasion disguised as a wave of murders.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/168248

## Facts

- Runtime: 109 min
- Genres: Science Fiction, Horror, Action, Drama
- Director: Takashi Yamazaki
- Cast: Shota Sometani, Sadao Abe, Eri Fukatsu, Ai Hashimoto, Kazuki Kitamura, Masahiro Higashide, Tadanobu Asano, Miko Yoki
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3345472/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: disturbing, darkly comic, tense, late night horror viewing, manga adaptation marathon

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- [1-Ichi (2003)](https://ember.film/movie/33997)
- [Casshern (2004)](https://ember.film/movie/6623)
- [Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992)](https://ember.film/movie/10815)
- [Parasyte: Part 2 (2015)](https://ember.film/movie/168249)
- [Attack on Titan II: End of the World (2015)](https://ember.film/movie/217879)
- [Uzumaki (2000)](https://ember.film/movie/6349)
- [Another Gantz (2011)](https://ember.film/movie/139570)

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