Hitoshi Iwaaki's Sci-fi Horror Manga Parasyte Gets Korean Live-action Adaptation on Netflix
A new live-action adaptation of Hitoshi Iwaaki's sci-fi horror Parasyte is confirmed to be in the works today. It will be streamed worldwide exclusively on Netflix under the title Parasyte - The Grey. No word yet on when the streaming will begin.
Iwaaki's original manga was serialized in Kodansha's Morning Open Zoukan and Monthly Afternoon for 64 chapters from 1988 to 1995, then compiled in ten tankobon volumes. It was previously adapted into a 24-episode TV anime entitled Parasyte -the maxim- in 2014, then two-part live-action film directed by Takashi Yamazaki (Space Battlship Yamato, Stand By Me Doraemon) was released in 2014 and 2015.
The forthcoming new live-action adaptation featuring Korean staff and cast tells a new story that differs from the original manga. This time, the protagonist is a female character, unlike the manga and the previous adaptations. Internationally acclaimed animation/live-action film director Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan, Seoul Station, Peninsula) is attached to direct. He also co-write screenplays along with Ryu Yong-jae (Peninsula, Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area).
Jeon So-nee plays the role of Jeon Soo-in, a woman who is attacked by a Parasyte but lives a strange coexistence with it without losing control of her brain. Koo Kyo-hwan plays Solu Gang-woo, a man who chases after Parasyte to find his missing sister, and Lee Jung-hyun is cast as Choi Jun-kyung, whose husband was killed by Parasyte and who becomes the leader of "The Grey," a special unit that fights Parasyte.
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