Chung Dong-yoon (Stove League) will direct the Netflix thriller series, Gyeongseong Creature. Kang Eun K (Kang Chi: The Beginning) is penning the series with a cast led by Park Seo-jun (The Divine Fury), Han So-hee (Netflix series “My Name), Claudia Kim (Avengers: Age Of Ultron), Kim Hae-sook (Alienoid), Cho Han-cheul (Netflix series “Vincenzo”) and Wi Ha-jun (Netflix series Squid Game).
In Gyeongseong Creature, the series is set in 1945 and follows several individuals going up against monstrous creatures born out of human greed and out to wreak havoc on an already troubled world. Park will play Jang Tae-sang – the head of merchant marketplace Golden Jade House, who is the wealthiest, most well-connected person in Gyeongseong. Tae-sang is someone who puts money before justice, but all that changes when he crosses paths with Yun Chae-ok while investigating a series of missing person cases; Han will star as Yun Chae-ok – a famous bounty hunter who can track down missing people, even ones who are dead. Chae-ok possesses a sharp eye and agile survival skills learned from her rough childhood roaming across Manchuria and Shanghai with her father; Kim’s role Maeda who is the wife of a powerful official in Gyeongseong during the colonial period; Wi is cast as Gwon Jun-taek, Tae-sang’s best friend. He joins Tae-sang’s dangerous plan in rescuing the people who have gone missing.
The show’s title stems from the former name of Korea’s capital city, Seoul, used during Japanese colonial rule.
Gyeongseong Creature is produced by Story & Pictures Media and co-produced by Studio Dragon and kakao ENTERTAINMENT for Netflix.