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Yolk Man

Yolk Man

20197.01 Season12 EpisodesEnded

Overview

A loser college student was having a really bad day: The girl he was in love with only thought of him as her bestie; and he was diagnosed with terminal cancer with only three months to live. Then an alien life form that looked like a yolk body snatched him. It not only cured his cancer, it gave him super human abilities. But with the happy surprise came danger of extraterrestrial kind. For his friends and love one, he had to overcome his loser mentality and be a hero.

NetworksiQiyi

Top Cast

Austin Lin

Austin Lin

Li Zhiyuan

Xiang Yu

Xiang Yu

Wang Sida

Yu Lang

Yu Lang

Wang Nan

Chen Bige

Chen Bige

Zhang Qimeng

Gao Zhiting

Gao Zhiting

Han Yu

Wan Guopeng

Wan Guopeng

Yuan Ye

Jessika Van

Jessika Van

Li Xue

Wang Chaobei

Wang Chaobei

Gong Feng C

Li Zheng Yan Qi

Li Zheng Yan Qi

La Mei

Themes & Keywords

alien life-formalien parasites

About Yolk Man

Yolk Man is a sci-fi & fantasy, drama series that first aired in 2019 exploring themes of alien life-form, alien parasites. it stars Austin Lin, Xiang Yu, Yu Lang. A loser college student was having a really bad day: The girl he was in love with only thought of him as her bestie; and he was diagnosed with terminal cancer with only three months to live. Then an alien life form that looked like a yolk body snatched him. It not only cured his cancer, it gave him super human abilities. But with the happy surprise came danger of extraterrestrial kind. For his friends and love one, he had to overcome his loser mentality and be a hero.

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