I Am a Hero vs Parasyte: Part 1

I Am a Hero has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 7.1/10 for Parasyte: Part 1). Parasyte: Part 1 is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 2h 6m. Parasyte: Part 1 is the older of the two (2014 against 2016). Both are action, drama, horror movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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I Am a HeroParasyte: Part 1
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 7.1/10
Year20162014
Length2h 6m1h 49m
GenresAction, Drama, HorrorAction, Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
Country–Japan
DirectorShinsuke SatoTakashi Yamazaki
Main castMasami Nagasawa, Nana Katase, Yo Oizumi, Yoshinori Okada, Kasumi ArimuraTadanobu Asano, Jun Kunimura, Sadawo Abe, Kazuki Kitamura, Pierre Taki

Synopsis

I Am a Hero

Hideo Suzuki is a 35-year-old mangaka assistant, whose life seem to be stuck around his exhausting but low-paying job, unfulfilled dreams, strange hallucinations and unsatisfying relationships. He sees himself as a supporting character in his own life, has low self-esteem, resulting in frustration. One day, the world as Hideo knows it is shattered by the presence of a disease that turns people into homicidal maniacs, whose first instinct is to…

Parasyte: Part 1

Humanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat murders'. High school student Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.

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