{"rewrite":{"id":"r_6cbc796f1c0b545851d46431","clusterId":"c_1f636c7c89d68b7eb451acc2","slug":"netflix-series-gas-man-trailer-reveals-july-2-premiere","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Netflix Series Gas Man Trailer Reveals July 2 Premiere","summary":"Netflix and Toho have released the main trailer and key art for the eight-episode series \"Gas Man,\" a reboot of Toho's 1960 special effects film \"The First Gas Man.\" The series, directed by Shinzo Katayama and executive produced by Yeon Sang-ho, follows detectives Kenji Okamoto (Shun Oguri) and Kyoko Kono (Yu Aoi) as they pursue a killer who can turn his body into gas. The trailer shows the Gas Man, played by debut actor UTA, announcing a press conference where he will reveal his methods and next target. Suzu Hirose and Kento Hayashi play video streamer siblings, and Yutaka Takenouchi plays a former yakuza-turned-company president. Filming ran from September 2024 to April 2025 across about 120 locations, with location scouting covering over 1,000 sites. The production achieved the first full closure of Tokyo Station front for a Japanese film shoot after 18 months of negotiations. The series streams worldwide on Netflix from July 2.","whyItMatters":"The scale of the production, including the unprecedented Tokyo Station closure and the involvement of Yeon Sang-ho, signals Netflix and Toho's ambition to create a Japanese series with global blockbuster production values.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eExecutive producer Yeon Sang-ho, director of \u003ccite\u003eTrain to Busan\u003c/cite\u003e, and director Shinzo Katayama, known for the series \u003ccite\u003eGannibal\u003c/cite\u003e, co-wrote the script with Ryu Yong-jae. VFX is handled by Shirogumi, the studio behind \u003ccite\u003eGodzilla Minus One\u003c/cite\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Gas Man is played by UTA, a fashion model making his acting debut. He is the grandson of the late actress Kirin Kiki and actor Yuya Uchida, and the son of actor Masahiro Motoki and Yayako Uchida. The trailer includes the Gas Man's \"crime warning\" delivered in an \"inorganic voice\" and with a \"vacant expression,\" according to Cinema Today. Keywords scattered in the trailer include \"chemical burn,\" \"human fuel,\" and \"diary.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFilming ran about eight months, from early September 2024 to the end of April 2025. The car action in the series required \"thorough research and analysis of major overseas car action films and repeated trial and error,\" Cinema Today reported, and includes a dynamic backflip of a car described as unprecedented in Japanese visual history. When the teaser trailer was released, global game creator Hideo Kojima reacted to it on social media.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Gas Man's trailer reveals the killer voluntarily names himself. The cat-and-mouse structure is inverted from the start.","twitterPost":"Gas Man's killer names himself in the trailer. The detective premise inverts: the hunt is not for identity but for method.","threadsPost":"Gas Man's trailer shows the killer voluntarily announcing himself at a press conference. The detective premise inverts: the hunt is not for identity but for method and next target. The 18-month negotiation for Tokyo Station closure underlines the scale.","newsletterBlurb":"Netflix and Toho released the main trailer for \"Gas Man,\" an eight-episode series rebooting the 1960 special effects film. Shun Oguri and Yu Aoi star as a detective and journalist hunting a killer who can turn into gas. The series streams July 2.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Eiga Natalie\",\"url\":\"https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/675276\",\"title\":\"Netflix Series 'Gas Man' Starring Shun Oguri, Yū Aoi Releases Crime Warning Trailer; Also Features Suzu Hirose, Kento Hayashi\"},{\"source\":\"Cinema Today\",\"url\":\"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0155198\",\"title\":\"With a vacant expression, claiming to be a murderer... 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