A powerhouse Korea-Japan team of top creators and actors is finally pulling back the curtain on a highly anticipated new drama.
On the 2nd, the Netflix series Human Vapor drops worldwide.
Inspired by Toho’s 1960 tokusatsu film The Human Vapor, this crime thriller follows a detective and a reporter hunting down an enigmatic figure known as the Human Vapor, who carries out a foretold string of murders.
The eight-episode Human Vapor reinvents the story as a modern, original crime thriller with a bold, distinctive world-building twist. Most notably, director Yeon Sang-ho—currently riding high with the box office hit film Colony—serves as showrunner and writer, drawing major attention from the earliest stages of development.
Shun Oguri leads as detective Okamoto Kenji, while Yu Aoi plays truth-seeking reporter Kyoko Kono. Suzu Hirose and Kento Hayashi appear as content-creator siblings in a striking transformation. Yutaka Takenouchi adds tension as a former yakuza-turned businessman. The mysterious entity, the Human Vapor, is portrayed by model UTA, marking his first-ever acting challenge.
All eyes are on how this Korea-Japan collaboration, Human Vapor, will land with global viewers.