Squid Game

Squid Game
Also known as	Round Six
Hangul	오징어 게임
Revised Romanization	Ojing-eo Geim
McCune–Reischauer	Ojingŏ Keim
Genre	Survival Thriller Horror 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 United States
Original language	Korean
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	22 (list of episodes)
Production
Production location	South Korea
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	32–63 minutes
Production companies	Siren Pictures Inc. Netflix
Budget	$21.4 million
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17) – June 27, 2025 (2025-06-27)

Squid Game is a South Korean and American survival drama television series created for Netflix. The first season was released in 2021, and the second season in 2024 The third and final season was filmed back-to-back with the second season and premiered on June 27, 2025. 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.

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 My 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.

Cast

Production

The series won several Primetime Emmy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. The series was entered for the Emmy Awards as a co-production with Netflix because it was produced "under guidance" from Netflix. Foreign-produced shows can be entered for both awards if they are the result of a creative and financial co-production with a United States partner.

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