Human Vapor

Human Vapor
GenreScience fiction
Thriller
Crime drama
Based on
The Human Vapor
by
ShowrunnerYeon Sang-ho
Written byYeon Sang-ho
Ryu Yong-jae
Directed byShinzo Katayama
StarringShun Oguri
Yu Aoi
Suzu Hirose
Kento Hayashi
Yutaka Takenouchi
Country of originJapan
South Korea
Original languageJapanese
Production
Executive producersYeon Sang-ho
Minami Ichikawa
Keiji Ota
Hisashi Usui
Nen Hyo
Ryoji Kure
ProducersSokichi Onoda
Yoomin Hailey Yang
Production companiesToho Studios
WOWPOINT
Original release
NetworkNetflix
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Human Vapor (Japanese: ガス人間, Hepburn: Gasu Ningen; Korean: 가스인간; RR: gaseuingan; lit.'Gas Man') is an upcoming Japanese-South Korean science fiction thriller television series based on the 1960 tokusatsu film The Human Vapor directed by Ishirō Honda. Written by Yeon Sang-ho and Ryu Yong-jae, and directed by Shinzo Katayama, the series stars Shun Oguri and Yu Aoi in their first live-action collaboration in 23 years. It is a co-production between Toho Studios and South Korea's WOWPOINT, marking the first collaboration between Netflix and Toho. The eight-episode limited series is scheduled for release on Netflix in 2026.