Manhwa-Based Live-Action Series The Blue Road Releases Teaser Trailer Ahead of November 20 Premiere
Netflix released a teaser trailer for The Blue Road, the manhwa-based live-action series, on Thursday. The series will premiere on Netflix on November 20 at 1:00 a.m. PST.
The teaser trailer introduces Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency detective Seok Kim (Seok-gu Son) and Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department detective Inose (Eita Nagayama) as they investigate what appears to be a series of connected murders in South Korea and Japan. Messages left at the crime scenes in both languages and disagreements over the investigation's direction set the stage for tensions between the two detectives.
Joon-hee Han, who previously helmed D.P. and Coin Locker Girl, is directing the series.
The live-action adaptation is based on the 2002 Korean-Japanese collaborative comic Purungil – Ao no Michi (Blue Road), written by Keishi Edogawa and drawn by Korean artist Kaya Kwon. The five-volume series blended hard-boiled crime storytelling with themes of cultural tension and cross-border cooperation, making it a distinctive work of its time.
The manhwa follows the investigation of a gruesome cross-border serial murder case. The story begins in Tokyo, where authorities discover a twisted, contorted corpse accompanied by a blood-written message in Korean. Shortly afterward, a similar crime scene emerges in South Korea—this time with a Japanese message written near the victim. The shocking parallels force law enforcement in both countries to recognize the crimes as linked, leading two detectives, one Korean and one Japanese, to join forces in pursuit of the killer.
Source: TopStarNews (Seo-young Han)
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