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 In the opening scene of *Human Vapor*—the first collaboration between Netflix and the historic Japanese studio Toho—Korean showrunner Yeon Sang-ho and Japanese director Shinzo Katayama skillfully demonstrate how science fiction has evolved since 1960, the year the original film *The Human Vapor* was released. We are introduced to Kyoko Kono (Yû Aoi), a dedicated yet harried reporter, as she interviews a scientist on live Japanese television about his new method of generating energy from biomass. Suddenly, a strange, sentient vapor infiltrates the studio, slipping beneath the scientist's clothes and entering his airways. Chaos erupts: the autonomous, aggressive vapor floods the man's body and lifts him into the air. His clothes strain and his legs thrash violently as the vapor forces its way up his throat, until he finally explodes, raining blood and viscera down upon the studio. Stars: Shun Oguri, Uta Uchida, Yû Aoi Rendered with vivid, visceral CGI, this sequence is a graphic...