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Squid Game
South Korean television series (2021–2025)
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Squid Game (Korean: 오징어 게임; RR: Ojingeo geim, stylized as SQUID GΛME) is a South Korean dystopian survival thriller drama television series created, written, and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix. The series revolves around a secret contest where 456 players, all of whom are in deep financial hardship, risk their lives to play a series of children's games that result in death if eliminated, for the chance to win a ₩45.6 billion (US$39.86 million) prize. The series' title draws from ojingeo ("squid"), a Korean children's game.
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🇺🇸 Hwang Dong-hyuk on Burying ‘Squid Game’ for a Decade, Korea’s Global Rise and What He Owes Hong Kong Cinema at Asian Film Awards MasterclassThe best feedback Hwang Dong-hyuk received when he first pitched “Squid Game” in 2009 was someone asking him how he could possibly have come up with s...
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