Toho and Netflix SF Horror 'Gas Man' Episode 4 Pivots to New Characters
The episode's decision to shift focus to new characters in the middle of a crime thriller shows Yeon Sang-ho applying a manga-style narrative structure to live-action television, a risk that the production team embraced to keep the series engaging.
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The Netflix drama 'Gas Man', a reboot of Toho's 1960 tokusatsu horror, has been streaming since July 2. Episode 4, 'Zone of Fear', sidelines main characters and focuses on new video streamer siblings played by Hirose Suzu and Hayashi Kento. Producer Feng Nian revealed behind-the-scenes details about the episode's unconventional structure, which director Yeon Sang-ho compared to a manga-like construction method.
The Netflix drama 'Gas Man', a reboot of Toho's 1960 tokusatsu horror with an original story, has been streaming all eight episodes since July 2. Episode 4, 'Zone of Fear', takes an unusual turn by sidelining the main detective and reporter characters and introducing a pair of video streamer siblings played by Hirose Suzu and Hayashi Kento. Producer Feng Nian said he was stunned when he read the first draft and asked director Yeon Sang-ho if the shift was acceptable. Yeon explained it was close to a manga-like construction method, where new characters are introduced at the start of a new chapter and later connected to the main story. Feng Nian decided to fully embrace the plan, hoping the siblings would serve as lovable tricksters to keep the audience from getting bored.
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