The story of Parasyte: The Grey follows Jung Soo-In a woman that appear in the hospital, why, because she suffer a car accident but she doesn’t know that she is without any serious injury because from the space an object fall next to her and it seems to be alive, very like Venom style, this creature get inside her body and start living with her, as a surprise from the story seems already exist a group of human that knows about this creatures that they called Larvas and discover that are capable of control the human brain and create chaos, the person leading the team is Choi Jun Kyung a woman that is willing to go to war against those aliens, Choi Jun Kyung is not alone she count with a group of police officers, army members, scientist that are the one who discover this thing and specialist that joined to her on this fight. Returning to Jung Soo-In the woman of the hospital she is finally out of it but realized that she can communicate with the parasyte as this thing called itself, discovering that they didn’t combined as other parasyte with their humans so now they have no choice but to coexist in one body, just like Venom does on the movies. Since that moment Jung Soo-In is going to start a fight and a race against the people that is being controlled by the parasytes because they truly believe she is a threat to their kind and here is where the action scenes began, explosions, races, violent fights, shooting and blood and confirming that Jung Soo-In and Choi Jun Kyung decided to joined forces to destroy all the parasytes that are controlling the humans.
The premise of Parasythe: The Gray is the same as their predecessors, talking about the anime and the original work the manga of Hitoshi Iwaaki. A being that is falling in the Earth and its only way of survival is by enter into the human body and control their brain, the difference here is the location, now is not Japan in South Korea, is not a man the main character is a woman but no matter those changes in the new story the important is that the director Yeon Sang-Ho have been able to capture the essence of this magnificent manga, the live action series will premiered on April 05th in Netflix.
- IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21874396/
- Platform: Netflix
- Release: April 05, 2024
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Yeon Sang-Ho: The Visionary Director Behind the Series
Yeon Sang-Ho is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. The director made his debut with the adult animated movie The King of Pigs 2011 which one that was inspired by the director personal experiences in high school, at the same year he filmed his second animated movie The Fake a movie that was also written by him. In 2016 the director made his debut with his first live action movie Train to Busan, a horror movie about a zombie apocalypse, this movie marked an even bigger international recognition to the director. In 2016 he directed the animated prequel Seoul Station and in 2020 directed the sequel Peninsula 2020, with that final movie the director complete the story of Train to Busan. In 2018 Yeon Sang-Ho created the first Korean superhero, writing and directing the movie Psychokinesis. Now the director is bringing the adaptation of the manga Parasyte which one that already has an anime and in this live action mini series is going to tell the story of aliens that wants to conquer the human race. Yeon Sang-Ho is a significant figure in the South Korean film industry and wants to continue creating amazing story’s for the world.
A Deeper Look at the Stars
The series Parasyte The Grey is bringing a group of actors from the South Korean industry ready to give an amazing performance to the audience.
Starting with the actress Jeon So-Nee, she is a film and television actress, she is taking the lead in Parasyte as Jung Soo-In. In South Korea she is know for the TV series Encounter 2018, When My Love Blooms 2020 and Our Blooming Youth 2023. Koo Kyo-Hwan portrays Seol Kang-Woo, he is an actor and film director know for his role in the films Jane 2016, Peninsula 2020 and Escape From Maogadishu 2021. He also gained recognition for his performance in the Netflix TV series D.P. 2021. Lee Jung-Hyun take the role of Choi Jun Kyung, she is a South Korean singer and actress also known for the stage name Ava. She is recognized as the Techno Queen for being the first in introduce the techno music genre to South Korea, Lee has numerous acting roles in South Korea, Japan and China.
Into the World of Parasyte: The Grey
The story of Parasyte: They Grey won’t be following the story of the manga neither the anime but it has the same root, parasitic that are between the human race. A story directed by Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho, Parasyte: The Grey is going to follow a woman and infected for one of those parasitic but the same doesn’t control her completely letting her keep her humanity, in a world where the parasitic want to rule the world a group of humans are going to give the fight against them and recover society. This is a new story that take as reference the international acclaimed manga by Hitoshi Iwaaki as a mention before already has an anime and is well known around the world but know the setting is in Korea, despite the changes in the story the same trying to keep the essence of the original with the horror and the sci-fiction.
At the moment that this new project by Netflix was announced the excitement was huge. The original story of Parasyte is well known for thousands of fans around the world of this dis-topic, chaotic and weird world were parasitic wants to rule being an manga and an anime but now this live action series is bringing an original story that for the audience and some fans is good because is a way to expand the world of Parasyte and also is great to see how is presenting the change of the human when the parasitic take the control of their bodies at the moment of a fight, acclaimed by the direction, the performances, the cinematography and the catchy story. But not everything is fabulous because exist a group of devoted fans that are not pleased for the changed of the main character that instead of being a man now is woman or for the changed of the plot, despite all this the new live action Parasyte: The Grey is being highly anticipated by the audience.
One more time Netflix is taking the risk to create series about manga and anime that are legends in the Otaku world. Parasyte is well known for being those kind of manga the manage very well the topic of horror and sci-fi, in this live action that is what the audience and the fans that are very critical about everything wants to enjoy, a good story, with a good sci-fi, incredible action scenes and a congruent plot. Director Yeon Sang-Ho do believed that he achieved all those points and with the performance of the South Korean cast that is known for their good work at the moment to do a film or K-drama, the audience is a a little more convinced about the series, also keeping in mind that Netflix already gave to the viewers greatest series such as Once Piece and Avatar the Last Airbender and they are doing it better every time. So with all this said only need to wait for the premiered and judge if the director, the actors and obviously Netflix are going to give to the audience and fans another great series.
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