‘The Frog’ Teaser: Mysterious Guests Disturb The Peace In Netflix Korea Series

Netflix has dropped a teaser for Korean thriller series The Frog, which is launching August 23.

Directed by Mo Wan-il (The World of The Married), The Frog is billed by Netflix as a story that “revolves around ordinary people whose peaceful lives are thrown into turmoil by the arrival of a mysterious guest in the middle of summer.”

The teaser opens with the arrival of mysterious guest Seong-a (played by Ko) at a tranquil pension home in the middle of the woods. She quickly unsettles the pension’s owner, Young-ha (played by Kim), who tries to uncover her motives and identity. It then poses a familiar question: “If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?”

The Frog stars Kim Yun-seok, (Noryang: Deadly Sea, Escape from Mogadishu), Yoon Kye-sang (The Outlaws), Lee Jung-eun (Parasite, Daily Dose of Sunshine) and Ko Min-si (Sweet Home). Park Chan-yeol from K-pop boy band EXO will also appear. Yoon plays Sang-jun, the owner of a rural motel whose peace is similarly disturbed by another guest, while Lee plays Bo-min, a cop investigating both Young-ha and Sang-jun’s cases.

The Frog is part of Netflix’s Korean content slate for 2024. Last year, the streamer pledged to invest $2.5B in local content over the next four years.