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The series, Netflix says, draws on an old Korean folktale in which a person’s clipped fingernails can be eaten by a rat, triggering a horrifying transformation.
Netflix is rolling out a first look at its upcoming Korean mystery thriller “Mousetrap,” releasing a teaser trailer and a poster ahead of the show’s August 28 premiere.
The premise, described by Netflix, is rooted in an old Korean folktale about identity and transformation. In the story Netflix highlights, when a rat eats someone’s clipped fingernails, that person can appear in a new form, turning the original victim’s body into something like a mask for a different reality.
Netflix’s teaser trailer and poster reinforce the series’ tone, positioning “Mousetrap” as a mystery built around who is actually who. By using a folktale mechanism tied to physical traces, the show’s central tension is likely to revolve around concealment, discovery, and the limits of recognition.
While Netflix’s announcement emphasizes the transformation legend at the heart of the plot, it does not, in the materials provided here, lay out additional storyline specifics such as the series’ main characters, their relationships, or the exact structure of its mystery.
The company also does not disclose, in the announcement text available for this review, production details that viewers often look for with genre launches, including episode count, filming timeline, or creative team names tied to development and direction.
For Netflix, “Mousetrap” fits a broader strategy that has made Korean-language scripted content a durable part of its global slate. The platform has repeatedly leaned into high-concept, character-driven thrillers as a way to draw audiences internationally, particularly when the hook is both culturally grounded and immediately legible across markets.
In this case, Netflix appears to be betting on the same kind of cross-border appeal: the folktale is specific to Korea, but the fear it evokes is universal, the sense that identity can be stolen and truth can be distorted.
Netflix did not provide additional disclosed information in the announcement beyond the teaser, poster, the folktale-based premise, and the August 28 premiere date. As a result, it remains unclear from this release alone how the mystery will unfold, how characters will be implicated, and what endgame the series is designed to deliver.
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