Parasite Eve

Parasite Eve

Year: 1997

Runtime: 120 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Masayuki Ochiai

RomanceHorrorScience Fiction

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.

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1

Kiyomi's anniversary visit, car crash and coma

Kiyomi visits Nagashima at his workplace for their anniversary, and he forgets the date. She leaves disappointed. On the way home, she is involved in a car accident and falls into a coma with brain damage.

Evening On the road, after visiting his workplace
2

Next-day organ-donor offer and kidney-for-liver deal

The next day, Dr. Yoshizumi informs Nagashima that Kiyomi is an organ donor and that Mariko needs a donor kidney. Nagashima agrees to donate Mariko's kidneys only if he can obtain Kiyomi's liver for his experiments.

Next day Hospital
3

Liver moved to the lab and isolation begins

Kiyomi's liver is taken to Nagashima's private lab, and he dismisses the other scientists to work alone. He begins planning experiments to test the organ's regenerative potential.

Night Nagashima's lab
4

Mariko's health improves and nights bring screams

At the hospital, Mariko's condition shows marked improvement, but at night she screams and demands the removal of something from her body. The caretakers dismiss the voices as nightmares.

Night Hospital
5

Liver gel interacts with Eve and possesses Sachiko

In the lab, the liver samples grow rapidly. A gelatinous substance from the liver mixes with a bottle labeled Eve and possesses the lab assistant Sachiko.

Night Nagashima's lab
6

Kiyomi-like apparition and a forbidden encounter

The gelatin transforms into a living version of Kiyomi, and Nagashima embraces and has sex with the apparition on the lab floor. The being then deteriorates, leaving him alone.

Night Nagashima's lab
7

Home revelations: Kiyomi's journals reveal manipulation

Back home, Nagashima finds Kiyomi's journals describing how she was losing control and hearing voices that steered her toward his experiments. The entries imply she manipulated events to push him forward.

Evening Home
8

Sachiko invites Nagashima to conference; Mariko's changes noted

Sachiko invites Nagashima to her science conference presentation. Yoshizumi reports that Mariko has grown stranger, with changes including her uterus transforming.

Conference day Science conference venue
9

Mitochondria collective revealed at conference

During the conference, Sachiko unveils herself as part of a mitochondria collective aiming to replace humans and control their mitochondria. The group claims an ideal womb for continued evolution. Nagashima questions whether the figure is Eve.

During conference Conference hall
10

A conference attendee is engulfed in flames

The creature causes a man in the audience to burst into flames through mitochondria, triggering panic and a rapid evacuation. The surreal attack confirms the threat the collective poses.

During conference Conference hall
11

Mariko convulses as the creature tries to escape

At the hospital, Mariko's abdomen convulses as staff scramble to help. The creature uses the moment to attempt escape with Mariko, slipping away through the hospital corridors toward the roof.

After conference Hospital
12

Final rooftop confrontation and the evolution claim

The creature moves to the roof with Mariko. Nagashima pleads, calling the creature Kiyomi to release the girl. It declares a new evolution and that Mariko will bear the real Mitochondrial Eve, while Nagashima's arms catch fire in the confrontation.

Rooftop confrontation Hospital roof
13

Tragic conclusion: flames consume Nagashima and Kiyomi

Nagashima and the creature burn as they embrace Kiyomi. Takashi arrives on the roof and rescues Mariko, but the rooftop is engulfed in flames, sealing their fates.

End Hospital roof

Last Updated: October 09, 2025 at 10:51

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