"Gyeongseong Creature," an original Netflix show starring Park Seo Joon, is about two young people who face a monster that was born out of greed in the spring of 1945, which was the worst time in history.
A theme from the period drama "Unit 731" was used to create the drama. It took place during the time when Japan was a colony.
The Japanese Army's "Unit 731" was a biological unit that did tests on people.
People who were doing independent tasks and Chinese war prisoners were used as test subjects.
Many people like "Gyeongseong Creatures" because it uses historical facts in a meaningful way by drawing on Unit 731's human experiments as an idea for a creature story.
The players, especially Park Seo Joon, did a great job of getting people interested in such an important project.
Even though "Itaewon Class" made him famous all over the world, people were really excited about and looking forward to "Gyeongseong Creature" because it was Park Seo Joon's return to acting.
People think that Park Seo Joon made a good choice when he picked this drama because it not only sparked a lot of interest but also taught many people about history.
In Japan, "Itaewon Class" was very famous.
The Netflix Japan chart put it at the top and kept it there for two years. It was even made into a movie called "Roppongi Class" in Japan.
Park Seo Joon wouldn't have found it easy to decide to be in "Gyeongseong Creature" because of how popular "Itaewon Class" is.
As soon as it came out, Japanese commenters were very critical of him on SNS.
In the middle of all the chaos, he showed how strongly he believed by acting in the play, which makes Japan's shameful past very clear.
Being an important actor like Park Seo Joon, the fact that he picked the drama based on what it meant to him instead of how famous it was is greatly admired.
On Park Seo Joon's social networking site, some Japanese fans wrote things like, "Being Japanese, it was hard for me to watch 'Gyeongseong Creature,' but it's a memorable work," and they also said that the drama taught them about Korea's painful past.
Gong Hee Jung, a drama critic, said, "He's a well-known actor in Japan, so it wouldn't have been easy for him to agree to work on a project that takes place in such a historical time." He also said, "Japanese viewers won't be happy to see the past they want to hide being shown in this way."
People may have thought about and tried to figure out what Park Seo Joon is all about after seeing him work on the project and play the character in this piece.
Professor Seo Kyung-deok of Sungshin Women's University said, "There are many reactions of viewers realizing the historical facts about Unit 731 on SNS, such as 'I got to know about Unit 731 for the first time', 'So Unit 731 was real?', etc." She also said, "It is important that Japanese netizens have an approach to historical facts, such as Unit 731 and biometric experiments, which were not well-covered in Japanese education, thanks to 'Gyeongseong Creature'."
By showing its shows on global OTT platforms, K Content shows how powerful it is and how much it can help fix historical mistakes about Japan's wartime.
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