Move To Heaven : We Are Here for the Most Unique Final Move – A Heart-Warming Story by Netflix

Netflix presents Move to Heaven to warm the hearts of audiences. Move to Heaven is a Netflix original series that follows the journey of Geu-ru, a young trauma cleaner with Asperger’s syndrome, and his guardian Sang-gu as they tell untold stories of the deceased found in the process of clearing out their possessions to those who are left behind.

A trauma cleaner clears out the belongings and possessions of a deceased person and cleans the site of death for the deceased person or their bereaved family—Move to Heaven provides a compassionate portrayal of trauma cleaners who help people with the most special final move and bring closure to their lives.

Geu-ru and Sang-gu, who run the trauma cleaning service firm Move to Heaven take a moment of silence to pay their respects to the deceased before they start their job and put their hearts into the process of clearing out the belongings left by the deceased. The pair’s story is special as they uncover untold stories of the deceased from the traces they left behind and help them communicate their stories to the bereaved families. Move to Heaven’s uncompromising principles—completing the untold stories from the last moments of someone’s life and never taking lightly even the smallest messages left by the deceased—will move and comfort the hearts of audiences.

Inspiration for this heart-warming and authentic Netflix original series came when screenwriter Yoon Ji-ryun chanced upon an essay collection Things Left Behind (transliteration: Tteonan Hu-e Namgyeojin Geotdeul) by Kim Sae-byul, CEO of a trauma cleaning service business, when she was searching for books on death and grief.

Yoon began writing the screenplay with the wish that people who passed away had someone to respectfully take care of the belongings and tell them that they “have done their best” as they let go of all the pains and burdens of this world. For her research on trauma cleaners, Yoon studied cases in and outside Korea, including the U.S. and Japan, and accompanied trauma cleaners on their work sites to reflect in the screenplay the myriads of emotions she felt and the experience of feeling as if “countless belongings of a deceased person were each speaking to her.”

CEO Kim Sae-byul, who helped Yoon in various ways during her research process, expressed that he is glad that a story about trauma cleaners and the people they encounter has been made into a series: “I think the series will invite many viewers to learn more about the profession of trauma cleaning and lonely deaths and can speak for those who died alone.”

Kim Sung-ho, who says, “I knew that I would be able to find a good story and drama in the profession of trauma cleaning,” joined the project as the director and helped bring Yoon’s sincere story into a series that is even more human and deeply moving.

“Move to Heaven is a heart-warming series that will heal and resonate with audiences around the world,” says the director to add to the excitement of audiences for Move to Heaven, promising to tug at our
heartstrings this spring.