Netflix announces premiere date for K-drama ‘Parasyte: The Grey’

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Parasyte: The Grey. Read on to learn everything you need to know about the new show , including its cast, premiere date and more.The upcoming K-drama, which is based on Hitoshi Iwaaki’s iconic manga Parasyte, will be set in a “new locale with fresh characters”, according to the streamer in a press release.

Netflix also says that the series will “chart its own unique course while maintaining the imaginative world and profound message of the beloved manga”.Parasyte: The Grey will follow Su-in as she reckons with her newfound co-existence with a parasite, while tracking the efforts of Team Grey, who are a group dedicated to ridding these parasites of mysterious origins that live off humans.Our Blooming Youth‘s Jeon So-nee will star as Su-in.

Meanwhile, Koo Kyo-hwan of D.P. fame will play a character named Kang-woo, who is described as a man with a particular drive to fight off the parasites as part of a larger quest to locate his missing sister.Elsewhere, Lee Jung-hyun from Decision To Leave will portray Jun-kyung, the leader of the anti-parasite task force “The Grey”.

He will be joined by Hae-hyo of Flex X Cop and Kokdu: Season of Deity‘s Kim In-kwon, both of whom will play detectives and colleagues.Parasyte: The Grey is directed by Yeon Sang-ho, best known for his breakout film Train To Busan.