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Parasite Eve

Parasite Eve

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Parasite Eve

"It's not a virus... it's evolution."

1997

2h 0m

5.6(32 votes)

Science Fiction

Horror

Romance

Overview

A scientist realizes his dead wife is an organization of mitochondria bent on making a new species that will wipe out humanity.

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Production Companies

Robot Communications

Fuji Television Network

KADOKAWA Shoten

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Hiroshi Mikami

Hiroshi Mikami

Toshiaki Nagashima

Riona Hazuki

Riona Hazuki

Kiyomi Nagashima

Tomoko Nakajima

Tomoko Nakajima

Sawako Asakura

Ayako Omura

Ayako Omura

Mariko Anzai

Goro Inagaki

Goro Inagaki

Tatsuro Ohno

Hisako Manda

Hisako Manda

Etsuko Odagiri

Tetsuya Bessho

Tetsuya Bessho

Takatsugu Yoshizumi

Noboru Mitani

Noboru Mitani

Mutsuo Ishihara

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Shigeru Kataoka

Sanshō Shinsui

Sanshō Shinsui

Creative team

Directed by: Masayuki Ochiai
Written by: Ryôichi Kimizuka
Produced by: Daisuke Sekiguchi

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