Squid Game

Squid Game is a South Korean survival drama television series created for Netflix. The first season was released in 2021, and the second season in 2024. It was created by Hwang Dong-hyuk. It is about a contest where 456 players play a series of deadly children's games to win ₩45.6 billion.

Squid Game
Also known as	Round Six
Hangul	오징어 게임
Revised Romanization	Ojing-eo Geim
McCune–Reischauer	Ojingŏ Keim
Genre	Survival Thriller Horror[1] Drama
Created by	Hwang Dong-hyuk
Written by	Hwang Dong-hyuk
Directed by	Hwang Dong-hyuk
Starring	Lee Jung-jae Park Hae-soo Wi Ha-joon Jung Ho-yeon O Yeong-su Heo Sung-tae Anupam Tripathi Kim Joo-ryoung
Composer	Jung Jae-il
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	16 (list of episodes)
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	32–63 minutes
Production company	Siren Pictures Inc.[2]
Budget	$21.4 million
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17)

Plot

Seong Gi-hun, a divorced father and gambler, is in heavy debt and lives with his elderly mother. He is invited to play a series of children's games for a chance at a large cash prize. Accepting the offer, he is taken to an unknown location where he finds himself among 455 other players who are all in deep financial trouble. The players are made to wear green tracksuits and are kept under watch at all times by masked guards in pink jumpsuits. The games are overseen by the Front Man, who wears a black mask and black uniform. The players soon discover that losing a game results in death, with each death contributing ₩100 million to the potential ₩45.6 billion grand prize. Gi-hun allies with other players, including his childhood friend Cho Sang-woo and North Korean defector Kang Sae-byeok, to try to survive the games' physical and psychological twists.^[3]

Cast

Actor/Actress	Character
Lee Jung-jae	Seong Gi-hun
Park Hae-soo	Cho Sang-woo
Wi Ha-joon	Hwang Jun-ho
Jung Ho-yeon	Kang Sae-byeok (North Korean defector)
O Yeong-su	Oh Il-nam