A Seoul detective and a Tokyo detective are after the same killer, who leaves messages in Korean and Japanese written in the victims' blood. 'D.P.' director Han Jun-hee's Netflix series The Blue Road (Pureun-gil) arrives Nov. 20 at 5 p.m. KST.
Twisted bodies, a killing that crosses borders
Contorted corpses and cryptic messages keep turning up in Korea and Japan. Seoul Metropolitan Police detective Kim Seok (Son Suk-ku) and Tokyo Metropolitan Police detective Inose (Nagayama Eita) are forced to team up.
The trailer opens with the two rushing to a crime scene, and blood-written messages in Korean and Japanese fill the screen.
Han Jun-hee's eight episodes
Han Jun-hee, of 'D.P.', directs. He wrote it with Jo Yu-jin, adapting a Korean-Japanese manga of the same title. It is planned as eight episodes.
Kim Shin-rok plays Ri Yun-ok, a Zainichi Korean businesswoman, with Jung Jae-young and Choi Seong-eun in the cast. The dialogue moves between Korean and Japanese.
Busan saw it first
Episodes 1-3 had their world premiere in the On Screen section of the 31st Busan International Film Festival, with a red carpet on Oct. 6 and Q&As on Oct. 7 and 8.
"I always wanted to tell the story of two detectives," Han said, adding that the opening is somewhat witty but gets much more hard-boiled. Nagayama said he would be fine if it were his last work.
Before you press play
It streams worldwide on Friday, Nov. 20, at 5 p.m. KST. Netflix Korea's official YouTube channel has the release-date announcement.
With two casts speaking their own languages, subtitles on is the easier way to watch.
