Korean hitmaker Yoon Sang Ho Parasite The universe gets a brand new host body to infect. On Thursday morning in Seoul, Netflix revealed the series Parasite: Tamiyaan upcoming Japanese season of the hit sci-fi horror series that has delighted fans with a Korean drama-inspired reimagining of artist Hitoshi Iwaki’s best-selling manga.
Yeun, fresh off the release of the Netflix thriller series Human vapor And the blockbuster zombie movie colonyHe returns as the main creative force behind the show, having developed its story and co-written all episodes with his regular collaborator Ryu Yong-jae. Netflix says the new season is already in post-production and will premiere on the service sometime in 2027.
The original Parasite: grey It spent four weeks in the top 10 global non-English TV shows on Netflix in 2024 and topped the rankings in 34 countries upon its release.
While the novelty of the original season came from transposing Iwaki’s classic manga to a South Korean setting, the new chapter is said to dig deeper into the original source material. Japanese actress Shiuli Kutsuna, best known to international viewers for her recurring role in the film dead pool Franchise, you play Ryoko Tamiya, a parasite who takes over the body of a high school teacher – at first as ruthless as the rest of her species – and gradually begins to suspect that coexistence with humans, rather than predation, may offer her species the best chance at survival. The series tells that story from her side, with Kutsuna playing the character on three levels: the original human, the violent creature that controls her, and the evolved one who falls in between the two.
“Ryoko Tamiya is a truly captivating villain in the original manga,” says Yeun. “Her struggles over the nature of her existence are what elevate the original Parasite From a simple hero-based manga aimed at children to something deeper.
The director adds: “I wanted to convey her constant struggle about the necessity of parasites coexisting with humans and the issue of their survival, and how she suffers setbacks and learns over time.” “I think the pain she’s experiencing is at the core of her Parasite“.
Kutsuna, who previously worked with Netflix on the drama Sumo haven He will appear in the next live event presented by the streamer Gundam The film describes Tamiya as “the most challenging role I have ever played in my acting career.”
“During the six months I spent living as a Tamiya, I experienced many emotions that I had never experienced before,” she adds.
“She did an amazing job of portraying the process of a non-human creature coming to both understand humanity and his own existence,” Yoon adds.
Yeon has become one of Netflix’s most consistent and prolific collaborators in East Asia. His projects in streaming include as a creator, director, or writer Hell (Two seasons), a science fiction film Jung_eemysterious cooler Inherited, Parasite: greylast year Revelation Which has just been launched Human vaporhis big-budget Japanese series in collaboration with Toho. He kept busy like a theater director. colonya zombie thriller that premiered at Cannes at Midnight starring Jun Ji-hyun and brought him back to film. Train to Busan The film has grossed $42.4 million in South Korea since late May, making it one of the biggest Korean hits of the year. He has simultaneously experimented with ultra-low budget filmmaking, having released a mystery thriller The ugly Last year, with the thriller titled Artificial Intelligence Lost paradise It is scheduled to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival this fall.
to Parasite: TamiyaYun meets with ashen Co-writer Ryu Young-jae, and Japanese directors Kensaku Kakimoto (Glass heart) and Kazuhiro Nakagawa (double, Bullet train explosion) Routing loops. WOWPOINT, the production house behind grey, Human vapor and colonyproduces.
Iwaki manga, published by Kodansha from 1988 to 1995, has previously spawned an anime series and a two-part Japanese film series directed by Godzilla minus oneTakashi Yamazaki.
“What makes us human?” “Can we coexist with beings different from us?” – these are the questions he asks, says Yoshihiro Sato, Director of Live-Action Creative at Netflix Japan. Parasite For more than 30 years, it has become increasingly urgent for our modern society to put non-conscious AI within our reach at all.
He adds, “Our goal in making this series was to take the universal questions raised by the original manga 30 years ago and bring them into the modern spotlight.”
