Summary
Humanity is under attack by human-mimicking flesh-eating alien parasites. One parasite bonds with his young high school student host, and he convinces the parasite to help him stop the others.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Skip it if
- Graphic violence bothers you
- You want something quiet and calm
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 64GoodWatch 66
IMDb6.5
Letterboxd · 3 K ratings3.1/5
Running time
1 h 57 min
Longer than most sci-fi movies, +18 min on the typical 99
typical 99117Half of all sci-fi movies run 90–112 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
2015
April 25, 2015
11 years ago
Genres
Science FictionHorrorActionDramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceIntense
- Gore, disturbing imagesStrong
- Frightening scenesStrong
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 13 more16 people
- Shota SometaniIzumi Shinichi
- Ai HashimotoMurano Satomi
- Sadao AbeMigi (voice)
- Eri FukatsuTamiya Ryoko
- Masahiro HigashideShimada Hideo
- Nao OmoriKuramori
- Pierre TakiMiki
- Hirofumi AraiUragami
Kazuki KitamuraHirokawa Takeshi
Tadanobu AsanoGoto
Kimiko YoIzumi Nobuko
Jun KunimuraDetective Hirama
Wataru IchinoseGang Member
Roy KishimaMaterial Witness
Takashi YamanakaDetective Tsuji
Hideto IwaiKusano
Directing · 2
- Takashi Yamazaki Director, Screenplay, Visual Effects Supervisor
- Kohei Adachi Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Ryota Kosawa Screenplay
- Hitoshi Iwaaki Original Story
Production · 11
- Seiji Okuda Executive Producer
- Minami Ichikawa Executive Producer
- Akihiro Yamauchi Executive Producer
- Yoshio Nakayama Executive Producer
- Shuji Abe Executive Producer
- Genki Kawamura Producer
Camera · 1
- Shôichi Atô Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Junnosuke Hogaki Editor
Sound · 5
- Naoki Sato Original Music Composer
- Mitsugu Shiratori Sound
- Yasushi Inomata Music Editor
- Gino Palencia Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Hiroyuki Ishizaka Sound Editor
Art · 4
- Yuji Hayashida Production Design
- Eri Sakushima Production Design
- Yutaka Mogi Set Decoration
- Maya Tanaka Set Dresser
Visual Effects · 31
- Shimpei Yoshikawa Digital Compositor
- Masaki Takahashi 3D Director
- Kiyoko Shibuya Visual Effects Director
- Kouji Tajima Character Designer
- Takuya Uenishi Modeling
- Takahiro Miyauchi 3D Animator
Lighting · 1
- Susumu Takakura Gaffer
Other crew · 2
- Yasushi Asaya Utility Stunts
- Kenichi Furuya Police Consultant
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