Overview
- Netflix released a teaser for Human Vapor and confirmed all eight episodes will debut July 2 on the service.
- The series updates Ishirō Honda’s 1960 film with a premise where a man who can turn into gas evades capture after a live TV explosion.
- Netflix says this marks its first collaboration with Toho Studios, signaling a broader push to revive well-known Japanese genre titles.
- Shinzo Katayama directs, with scripts by Yeon Sang-ho and Ryu Yong-jae, and the cast includes Shun Oguri, Yu Aoi, Suzu Hirose, Kento Hayashi, and Yutaka Takenouchi.
- VFX come from Shirogumi, promoted for its work on Godzilla Minus One, with Netflix highlighting large-scale action set pieces such as car chases.