''Connect '' () is a South Korean television series directed by

Takashi Miike is a Japanese film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has directed over 100 feature film, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. His films span a variety of different genres, ranging from violent and surrealism, b ...

, starring Jung Hae-in, Go Kyung-pyo, and Kim Hye-jun. Based on a webtoon of the same name, the series depicts a mysterious story that occurs when a man who has been deprived of a part of his body by organ hunters connects with a person who has received an

organ transplant Organ transplantation is a medical procedure in which an organ (anatomy), organ is removed from one body and placed in the body of a recipient, to replace a damaged or missing organ. The donor and recipient may be at the same location, or org ...

. It premiered on

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on December 7, 2022.

Synopsis

A new human being type, Connect, whose body repairs itself, is kidnapped by an organ trafficking organization. Part way through the organ harvesting surgery, he suddenly wakes up on an operating table and manages to escape, but he is missing one of his eyes. Then he finds out that he can "see" through his missing eye, which has now been transplanted into a serial killer who is turning his victims into corpse art. Determined to get back what was, Ha Dong-soo ( Jung Hae-in) pursues the killer to make himself whole again.

Cast

Main

* Jung Hae-in as Ha Dong-soo : An immortal humanoid who lost one eye. * Go Kyung-pyo as Oh Jin-seop : A serial killer who received an eye transplant from Connect. * Kim Hye-jun as Choi I-rang : A mysterious helper who knows the secret of Connect

Supporting

Police

* Kim Roi-ha as Detective Choi * Han Tae-hee as Detective Yeom * Lee Tae-hyeong as Detective Park

Organ Trafficking Gang

* Jang Gwang as doctor * Jo Bok-rae as Mr. Kim * Sung Hyuk as Min-sook

Other

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as Lee Sun hee *

Yang Dong-geun Yang Dong-geun (; born June 1, 1979), also known as YDG, is a South Korean actor and rapper. He started his career as a child actor, drawing attention for his roles in the television shows ''Seoul Ttukbaegi'' (1990) and ''Hyung'' (1991). He be ...

as musician Z * Oh Ha-nee as Song Ha-young

Production

In June 2021,

Studio Dragon Studio Dragon Corporation () is a South Korean Korean drama, drama production, marketing and distribution company under CJ ENM CJ ENM Entertainment Division, Entertainment Division. It was established on May 3, 2016, as a Corporate spin-off, sp ...

announced that they were preparing to produce a new drama titled ''Connect'' with Japanese director Takashi Miike. The series is the first South Korean drama to be produced by a Japanese director. In January 2022, it was reported that filming of the series was in progress. Filming reportedly ended in March 2022.

Release

The series premiered at 27th Busan International Film Festival in "Onscreen Section" on October 6, 2022, where the first three episodes were screened. All the 6 episodes of ''Connect'' were released on December 7, 2022, on

Episode list

Reception

Review aggregator

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reported an approval rating of 100% based on 6 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10.

References

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