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Gyeongseong Creature (2023)

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Original title
경성크리처
Directed by
Jung Dong Yoon, Jo Young Min
Cast
Park Seo Joon, Park Jae Joon, Han So Hee, Kim Tae Yun, Soo Hyun, Kim Hae Sook, Ji Woo, Park Ji Hwan
Genre
action film, horror film, thriller film, survival film, historical television program
Country
South Korea
Length
2 seasons, 10 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.9 of 10 from 320 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Set in 1945 Japanese-occupied Seoul, a group of rebels fight against secret biological experiments and the monster creature they create. The story follows people resisting brutality and uncovering horrific truths.

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What happens

Gyeongseong Creature (Korean: 경성크리처) is a South Korean historical mystery-horror television series written by Kang Eun-kyung, directed by Jung Dong-yoon, Roh Young-sub and Jo Yeong-min, and starring Park Seo-joon, Han So-hee, Claudia Kim, Lee Moo-saeng and Bae Hyun-sung. Set in 1945, during the occupation of Gyeongseong (the old name for Seoul) by the Imperial Japanese Army, the story depicts the brutality inflicted on civilians by the Japanese forces, subjecting men and women to secret biological experiments, the rebels who rise against them, and the monster creature produced from human experimentation. The story was inspired by the real-life Unit 731, a covert Japanese military unit that tested biological and chemical weapons on civilians during World War II. The first season was released on Netflix from December 22, 2023 to January 5, 2024. The second season was released on September 27, 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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