Gyeongseong Creature

Gyeongseong Creature
The poster features six people in their casual attires, with tentacles, building, cherry blossom trees and a sunset in the background. Bigger font text reveals the title of the series and a quote in small font. While the text at the bottom of the poster reveals the name of the distributor and the release dates.
Promotional poster for season 1
Also known asK Project[1]
Hangul
경성크리처
Hanja
京城크리처
Revised RomanizationGyeongseongkeuricheo
McCune–ReischauerKyŏngsŏngk'ŭrich'ŏ
Genre
Created byKakao Entertainment (planning)[6]
Written byKang Eun-kyung
Directed by
  • Chung Dong-yoon
  • Roh Young-sub
Starring
Music byKim Tae-seong
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languages
  • Korean
  • Japanese
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producers
  • Kim Do-hyuk (CP)
  • Park Hee-seon
  • Kim Min-ji
  • So Jae-hyun
Producers
  • Hwang Jee-woo
  • Jang Se-jung
  • Park Beom-soo
  • Park Eun-kyung
CinematographySong Yo-hun
EditorJo In-hyung
Running time65–73 minutes
Production companies
Budget₩70 billion[8]
Original release
NetworkNetflix
ReleaseDecember 22, 2023 (2023-12-22) –
present
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Gyeongseong Creature (Korean: 경성크리처) is a South Korean historical drama suspense mystery horror television series written by Kang Eun-kyung, directed by Chung Dong-yoon and Roh Young-sub, and starring Park Seo-joon, Han So-hee, and Claudia Kim. 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 first season was released on Netflix from December 22, 2023, to January 5, 2024. The second season will be released on September 27, 2024.

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  6. ^ Kim, Ye-Rang (April 13, 2022). "'사내맞선' 열풍 이어...카카오 '경성크리처'→'수리남' 20편 대기" [The 'in-house confrontation' craze continues...Kakao 'Gyeongseong Creature' →'Suriname' 20 Flights Waiting] (in Korean). The Korea Economic Daily. Archived from the original on September 29, 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2022 – via Nate.
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  8. ^ Park, Jeong-jin (December 20, 2023). [리뷰] 700억 원 들이면 뭐하나...무색·무취·무미 '경성크리처' [[Review] What would you do if you spent 70 billion won...Colorless, odorless, tasteless 'Gyeongseong Creature'] (in Korean). JTBC News. Archived from the original on December 21, 2023. Retrieved December 23, 2023 – via Naver.