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Parasite Eve (1997)

Original title: パラサイト・イヴ

1997-02-01 · 2h 0m · JA
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It's not a virus... it's evolution.

Toshiaki Nagashima is a biologist who is doing major research on mitochondria. When his beautiful young wife is tragically involved in a car accident which leaves her brain dead, in desperation he steals her liver from her body in order to recieve the mitochondria from it to resurrect his wife from the dead. The killer mitochondria takes the form of his assistant.

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Masayuki OchiaiDirectorRyôichi KimizukaWriter

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Hiroshi MikamiHiroshi MikamiToshiaki NagashimaRiona HazukiRiona HazukiKiyomi NagashimaTomoko NakajimaTomoko NakajimaSawako AsakuraAyako OmuraAyako OmuraMariko AnzaiGoro InagakiGoro InagakiTatsuro OhnoHisako MandaHisako MandaEtsuko OdagiriTetsuya BesshoTetsuya BesshoTakatsugu YoshizumiNoboru MitaniNoboru MitaniMutsuo IshiharaKenzō KawarasakiKenzō KawarasakiShigeru KataokaSanshō ShinsuiSanshō ShinsuiIkkei WatanabeIkkei WatanabeRen OsugiRen OsugiMan burning

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Based on novel or bookHorrorBiologistMitochondria

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Genre affinityThriller · Drama · HorrorTheme affinityBased On Novel Or Book · Horror · BiologistMood preferenceRomanceDialogue densityDramaEmotional intensityRomanceDirector preference238062

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What is Parasite Eve about?

Toshiaki Nagashima is a biologist who is doing major research on mitochondria. When his beautiful young wife is tragically involved in a car accident which leaves her brain dead, in desperation he steals her liver from her body in order to recieve the mitochondria from it to resurrect his wife from the dead. The killer mitochondria takes the form of his assistant.

How long is Parasite Eve?

Parasite Eve has a runtime of 120 minutes.