{"rewrite":{"id":"r_339313d769c9a1b5f0eb398d","clusterId":"c_1308f83ccbe6d5ce34fb8c91","slug":"southern-all-stars-itoshi-no-ellie-used-as-key-song-in-netflix-s-gas-human","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Southern All Stars' 'Itoshi no Ellie' Used as Key Song in Netflix's 'Gas Human'","summary":"Southern All Stars' classic song 'Itoshi no Ellie' is used as an insert song in the Netflix series 'Gas Human,' a reboot of Toho's 1960 film 'The First Gas Human.' The 8-episode series, directed by Shinzo Katayama with a screenplay by Yeon Sang-ho, streams worldwide on Netflix. Yeon Sang-ho pushed for the song, calling the match fateful.","whyItMatters":"The selection of a decades-old Southern All Stars hit as the emotional anchor of a dark, original Netflix series from Toho shows how a carefully chosen licensed song can define a show's core rather than just decorate a scene.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eSouthern All Stars\u0026#39; \u0026#39;Itoshi no Ellie,\u0026#39; a song that has charted across the Showa, Heisei, and Reiwa eras, now plays a structural role in a Netflix original. The series \u0026#39;Gas Human\u0026#39; reboots Toho\u0026#39;s 1960 special effects film as an 8-episode story about a gas human (UTA) who issues theatrical serial murder warnings. Shun Oguri and Yu Aoi play a detective and a journalist pursuing the case, while Kento Hayashi and Suzu Hirose play video streamer siblings caught in the chaos. Executive producer and screenwriter Yeon Sang-ho (\u0026#39;Train to Busan\u0026#39;) pushed for the song, saying its emotions overlapped so well with the series that it became the emotional center. Director Shinzo Katayama said the song\u0026#39;s meaning shifted across episodes during editing. All eight episodes stream on Netflix.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Yeon Sang-ho personally pushed for Southern All Stars' 'Itoshi no Ellie' in 'Gas Human,' calling the match fateful. The song choice ties the series to a specific emotional register that the 1960 original did not have.","twitterPost":"Yeon Sang-ho pushed for 'Itoshi no Ellie' in 'Gas Human,' calling the match fateful. The song adds an emotional layer absent from the 1960 original.","threadsPost":"Yeon Sang-ho personally advocated for Southern All Stars' 'Itoshi no Ellie' as the insert song in 'Gas Human,' calling the match fateful. The 1960 original had no such musical anchor. The choice signals a tonal shift from the source material toward something more sentimental.","newsletterBlurb":"Southern All Stars' classic 'Itoshi no Ellie' is used as an insert song in Netflix's 'Gas Human,' a reboot of Toho's 1960 film. Executive producer Yeon Sang-ho pushed for the song, calling it the emotional center of the series. All 8 episodes stream now.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Cinema Today\",\"url\":\"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0155627\",\"title\":\"Southern All Stars' classic \\\"Itoshi no Ellie\\\" used as insert song in Netflix's \\\"Gas Human,\\\" a key song related to the story's \\\"core\\\"\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":3965,"outputTokens":626,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1782978300,"createdAt":"2026-07-02T07:37:06.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-07-02T07:39:50.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-02T07:39:50.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_1308f83ccbe6d5ce34fb8c91","canonicalTitle":"サザン名曲「いとしのエリー」、Netflix「ガス人間」劇中歌として起用　物語の“核心”に関わるキーソング","representativeArticleId":"a_a4acf11845e3f6036a25760d","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Gas Man\",\"Gas Human No. 1\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Southern All Stars\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-07-02T07:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-07-03T10:03:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-03T10:11:13.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Cinema Today","url":"https://www.cinematoday.jp/page/A0009798","title":"Netflix「ガス人間」登場人物・キャスト・相関図【まとめ】"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Gas Man","Gas Human No. 1"],"studios":[],"people":["Southern All Stars"],"type":"news","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Southern All Stars' 1979 song 'Itoshi no Ellie' is used as an insert song in the Netflix series 'Gas Human.'","The 8-episode series 'Gas Human' is a reboot of Toho's 1960 film 'The First Gas Human.'","Director Shinzo Katayama and screenwriter Yeon Sang-ho worked on the series, which streams worldwide on Netflix.","Yeon Sang-ho pushed for the song, calling the match fateful, and it became the emotional center of the series.","Shun Oguri and Yu Aoi play a detective and a journalist, while Kento Hayashi and Suzu Hirose play video streamer siblings."]}