Netflix’s Human Vampor is a sci-fi thriller based Toho’s strangest Showa era movie

In less than two weeks, one of Netflix’s most interesting new series is set to make its official debut. Called simply Human Vapor, the eight-episode series premiering on July 2 not only brings together South Korean and Japanese production houses, but marks the very first collaboration between Netflix and Toho, the latter renowned for its Godzilla franchise. For many, it looks like an exciting sci-fi crime thriller similar to classics like The Invisible Man (1933) and 4D Man (1959), but it’s technically not an original in concept — even if it’s branded a Netflix Original.