7 of the best new K-dramas to watch in April 2024 – Parasyte: The Grey and Goodbye Earth on Netflix, Blood Free and Chief Detective 1958 on Disney+

In Parasyte: The Grey, Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho’s adaptation of a Japanese manga, aliens take over human hosts. Jeon So-nee’s cashier fights back

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Han Hyo-joo as the head of a company selling artificially cultured meat in a still from dystopian science-fiction series Blood Free, one of the best Korean dramas launching in April. Look out, too, for Parasyte: The Grey, Goodbye Earth and Chief Detective 1958, among others. Photo: Disney+.

Published: 7:15pm, 30 Mar 2024

A classic Korean show is revived and a Japanese classic is reimagined – two among the many tantalising Korean drama offerings scheduled for early spring 2024.

We preview seven of the best K-drama series debuting this month.

1. Parasyte: The Grey

Lead cast: Jeon So-nee, Koo Kyo-hwan, Lee Jung-hyun

After producing Netflix’s The Bequeathed earlier this year, Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho has once again teamed up with the global streaming giant to present his latest directorial effort, a reimagining of the classic Japanese manga Parasyte, which has already been adapted in Japan as a popular anime and a pair of films.

Set in the same world but with different characters, Parasyte: The Grey takes place in Korea, just as parasitic aliens rain down from the sky and take over human hosts.

Jeon So-nee (Our Blooming Youth) is a cashier who is only partly infected and teams up with a low-level gangster, portrayed by Koo Kyo-hwan (D.P.), to escape both the human-eating aliens and the government’s Team Grey, which has been tasked with wiping them out.

Director Yeon’s previous collaborations with Netflix include Hellbound and Jung-E, with Hellbound 2 also due out in the near future. (Netflix, April 5)

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