Parasite Eve

Parasite Eve (1997)

パラサイト・イヴ

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

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

Date of release
1997-02-01
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (32)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Science Fiction, Horror, Romance
Director
Masayuki Ochiai

Casting

Interesting facts

Parasite Eve is a 1997 Japanese science fiction film that was directed by Masayuki Ochiai and is based on the 1995 novel Parasite Eve by Hideaki Sena. Kiyomi, the wife of Toshiaki Nagashima, is left brain dead after a traffic accident on the day of their first wedding anniversary. Nagashima attempts to make Kiyomi live again by making a deal with a doctor who wants to harvest Kiyomi's kidneys for transplanting into a young girl in the same hospital. Nagashima agrees on the condition that he can have his wife's liver.

Production

Parasite Eve is based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Hideaki Sena. Sena had a background in pharmacology and his day job consisted of testing mitochondria with drugs to test their ability to convert fatty acids into energy. A television documentary he viewed gave him the idea of the mitochondria having a will of their own and being unwilling to continue their symbiotic relationship.

The group hired Masayuki Ochiai, who in the 1990s had made the television series Night Head for Fuji TV. The screenplay for the film was written by Ryoichi Kimizuka, who had to reorganize the non-linear approach of Sena's novel and edit the technical terms used in the novel to make it appropriate for a screenplay. Director Masayuki Ochiai stated he was "not really happy with the circumstances I was under when I had to create [Parasite Eve] ...

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