Parasyte: The Grey

Action Horror Sci-Fi Thriller

TV-MA

South Korea

Korean

April 5, 2024

43–61 minutes

Season: 1

Episodes: 6

Status: released

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Parasyte: The Grey TV Series Details:

Hangul	기생수: 더 그레이
Revised Romanization	Gisaengsu: deo geure-i
McCune–Reischauer	Kisaengsur tŏ kŭrei
Based on	Parasyte by Hitoshi Iwaaki
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Genre	Science fiction, Horror, Action
Season	1
Episodes	6
Release date	April 5, 2024
Running time	43–61 minutes
Age rating	TV-MA
Starring	Jeon So-nee Koo Kyo-hwan Lee Jung-hyun
Directed by	Yeon Sang-ho
Written by	Yeon Sang-ho Ryu Yong-jae
Music by	Chai Min-joo Kim Dong-wook
Filming locations	Seoul, South Korea
Production Company	Climax Studio Wow Point
Distributor	Netflix

Parasyte: The Grey TV Series Cast & Character:

Main
- Jeon So-nee as Jeong Su-in: a parasite victim with a traumatic past and when it fails to take over her brain, she enters a bizarre coexistence with it, unlike other parasites.
- Koo Kyo-hwan as Seol Kang-woo: he tracks down parasites in order to find his missing sister.
- Lee Jung-hyun as Choi Jun-kyung: the team leader of “Team Grey,” a task force that wants to eradicate parasites.
Supporting
- Kwon Hae-hyo as Kim Cheol-min: a senior detective at Namil Police Station.
- Kim In-kwon as Kang Won-seok: Cheol-min’s junior detective,who also works for Kwon Hyuk-joo.
- Yoon Hyun-gil as Seol Kyung-hee: Kang-woo’s elder sister who is infected by a parasite.
- Lee Hyun-kyun as Kwon Hyuk-joo: A pastor, and the leader of the parasites.
Special appearances
- Masaki Suda as Shinichi Izumi (main character of Parasyte who wasn’t fully taken over but only in the right hand)

Storyline:

Jung Soo In, who is infected with a parasite on her hand and start a strange cohabitation as it failed to steal her brain. Seol Kang Woo chases a parasitic water to find his missing sister, and Choi Jun Kyung is the team leader of the parasitic life team ‘The Grey’, and lives only to exterminate the parasitic water after losing her husband to the parasitic water.

About Parasyte: The Grey TV Series:

Parasyte: The Grey (Korean: 기생수: 더 그레이) is a South Korean sci-fi horror television series directed and co-written by Yeon Sang-ho. The series is a live-action adaptation of the manga series Parasyte by Hitoshi Iwaaki and depicts a confrontation with unidentified parasitic creatures that live on humans and commit murder. It stars Jeon So-nee, Koo Kyo-hwan, and Lee Jung-hyun.

Developed under the working title The Grey (더 그레이; Deo geure-i), Parasyte: The Grey was a collaboration between Netflix and director Yeon Sang-ho. Yeon and Ryu Yong-jae team up to direct and write the series. Climax Studio and Wow Point managed the production.

Koo Kyo-hwan and Jeon So-nee were cast to play the lead roles for the series.

Koo and Jeon together with Lee Jung-hyun were officially confirmed as the main characters for the series on August 24, 2022.

Netflix announced that Parasyte: The Grey was released worldwide on April 5, 2024, and run until June of the same year.

Parasyte: The Grey TV Series Episodes List:

Episode	Release Date	Running Time	Plot
1	April 5, 2024	61m	After a brutal attack, Jeong Su-in learns she may not be the same person as before. Choi Jun-kyung discovers the monsters are forming an organization.
2	April 5, 2024	43m	Looking for his sister, Seol Kang-woo investigates Saejin Church, where he finds Su-in. But he soon encounters trouble — and the two fight to escape.
3	April 5, 2024	43m	After raiding Saejin Church, Jun-kyung begins suspecting Kim Chul-min is hiding something — later tracking him down meeting with Su-in and Kang-woo.
4	April 5, 2024	53m	After revealing everything he knows to Chul-min, Kang-woo agrees to help save Su-in. But when the plan goes awry, lives are put at risk.
5	April 5, 2024	48m	Despite being on the run, Su-in tries to warn Jun-kyung. But as Team Grey’s raid plays out, Su-in and Kang-woo realize it’s all part of a bigger plan.
6	April 5, 2024	52m	Su-in meets with Seol Kyung-hee, who requests an alliance. But the parasites’ ploy for power goes into full effect — and it’s up to Heidi to stop them.