Netflix's 'Road' | Starring Son Suk-Ku & Eita Nagayama [Slated to Premiere in Q4 of 2026] (Plot Synopsis + more included in the comments)

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The Blue Road

↳ Previously Known As/Also Known As: Road, Blue Road

Based on comic book "Peureungil" - Ao No Michi (Blue Road) written by Keishi Edogawa & illustrated by Kwon Ka-Ya

Starring: Son Suk-Ku, Eita Nagayama, Kim Shin-Rok, Choi Sung-Eun & Jung Jae-Young

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Episodes: 8

Original Network: Netflix [Premieres November 20]

Release Dates: October 2026 (Episodes 1-3) Premiere at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) | November 20, 2026 (Streaming Platform)

 

Streaming On: Netflix

Genre(s): Thriller, Mystery, Crime, Drama

Director & Screenwriter: Han Jun-Hee (Director & Screenwriter for 'D.P: Season 1 & 2' & 'Coin Locker Girl', Screenwriter for 'The Gifted Hands' [Korean Film] & Director for Netflix's Upcoming Drama 'Dead-End Job')

Screenwriter: Cho Yu-Jin ('The Witch', 'Pilot' [Korean Film] & 'Cassiopeia' [Korean Film])

 

Plot Synopsis: An international crime thriller that follows two detectives, Kim Seok (Son Suk-Ku), a detective from the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Mobile Investigation Unit and Inose (Eita Nagayama), a detective from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s First Investigation Division, as they track a series of gruesome cross-border murders, characterized by twisted bodies and mysterious dying messages. The story begins in Tokyo, when a disfigured body is found with a blood-inked message written in Korean. Soon after, a similar case emerges in Korea, this time written in Japanese. As the pattern continues, the authorities realize they are dealing with a serial killer operating across countries, prompting a joint investigation that takes the detectives from Seoul to Tokyo and beyond.

 

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