{"id":4717,"date":"2026-07-22T23:07:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T23:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4717"},"modified":"2026-07-22T23:07:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T23:07:22","slug":"yeon-sang-ho-returns-to-parasyte-universe-with-tamiya-starring-shioli-kutsuna-at-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4717","title":{"rendered":"Yeon Sang-ho Returns to \u2018Parasyte\u2019 Universe With \u2018Tamiya,\u2019 Starring Shioli Kutsuna, at Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nYeon Sang-ho is returning to the \u201cParasyte\u201d universe with \u201cParasyte: Tamiya,\u201d a new live-action series starring Shioli Kutsuna for Netflix, set to stream in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4715\">Shaken, Soaked and Seasick: What It\u2019s Like to Survive \u2018The Odyssey\u2019 in 4DX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe series marks another collaboration between Netflix and Yeon (\u201cHellbound,\u201d \u201cParasyte: The Grey\u201d), who developed \u201cParasyte: Tamiya\u201d and co-wrote the script with Ryu Yong-jae. Wowpoint, the production company behind Yeon\u2019s \u201cHuman Vapor\u201d and \u201cParasyte: The Grey,\u201d is producing. Kakimoto Kensaku (\u201cGlass Heart\u201d) and Nakagawa Kazuhiro (\u201cDouble,\u201d \u201cBullet Train Explosion\u201d) are directing.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cParasyte: The Grey\u201d spent four weeks on Netflix\u2019s Global Top 10 Non-English TV list and reached No. 1 in 34 countries following its 2024 release.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn the original manga, Ryoko Tamiya is a parasite who takes over the body of a high school teacher, initially violent and indiscriminate before gradually learning from her human surroundings. Witnessing a parasite and human sharing a single body leads her to wonder whether coexistence might offer her species a better chance of survival than conflict. \u201cParasyte: Tamiya\u201d tells the story from her perspective, tracking the original human, the parasite who inhabits her and the creature caught between both worlds.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKutsuna (\u201cSanctuary,\u201d \u201cDeadpool 2,\u201d \u201cGundam\u201d) plays Ryoko Tamiya across three registers: the original human, the parasite after it takes over and the parasite as it struggles to interact with humanity.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tYeon said, \u201cHer struggles over the nature of her own existence are what elevate the original \u2018Parasyte\u2019 from a simple hero-based manga aimed at kids to something deeper. I think the anguish she experiences is the essence of \u2018Parasyte.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4713\">Hello Sunshine\u2019s Head of TV and Film on 10 Years of Reese Witherspoon\u2019s Production Company, \u2018Big Little Lies\u2019 Season 3, Apple\u2019s \u2018Lucky\u2019 and More \u2018Elle\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tYeon was also asked about his choice of lead. \u201cI\u2019m sure that was a big challenge for Kutsuna as an actor,\u201d he said. \u201cI think she did a wonderful job of portraying the process of a non-human creature coming to understand both humanity and its own existence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOn the choice of directors, Yeon said, \u201cI chose these two directors precisely because they have such different styles, and I had high hopes for a collaboration between them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKutsuna said, \u201cRyoko Tamiya is the most challenging role I have ever played in my acting career. This series was brought to life through the dedication of the entire cast and crew, who supported one another through every challenge along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tNetflix Japan\u2019s Sato Yoshihiro, manager of live action creative, added, \u201c\u2018What makes a human?\u2019 \u2018Can we coexist with beings that are different from us?\u2019 These questions posed by \u2018Parasyte\u2019 more than 30 years ago feel much more pressing for our modern society that has placed non-sentient AI at all of our fingertips.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe \u201cParasyte\u201d manga, created by Hitoshi Iwaaki and published by Kodansha, has previously been adapted into a film series, an anime and the Korean drama \u201cParasyte: The Grey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4711\">Darren Aronofsky\u2019s AI Studio Primordial Soup Raising $15 Million<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeon Sang-ho has developed &#8216;Parasyte: Tamiya,&#8217; a Netflix series starring Shioli Kutsuna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[25,3768,3769,660],"class_list":["post-4717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv","tag-netflix","tag-parasyte-tamiya","tag-shioli-kutsuna","tag-yeon-sang-ho"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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