Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun (성기훈, ( listen), 456), a divorced chauffeur and gambling addict.Numbers in parentheses denote the character's assigned number in the Squid Game. Gi-hun allies with other players, including his childhood friend Cho Sang-woo and pickpocket Kang Sae-byeok, to try to survive the physical and psychological twists of the games. The players soon discover that losing a game results in their death, with each death adding ₩100 million to the potential ₩45.6 billion grand prize. The players are made to wear green tracksuits and are kept under watch at all times by masked guards in pink jumpsuits, with the games overseen by the Front Man, who wears a black mask and black uniform. Accepting the offer, he is taken to an unknown location where he finds himself among 455 other players who are all deeply in debt.

Seong Gi-hun, a divorced father and indebted gambler who lives with his elderly mother, is invited to play a series of children's games for a chance at a large cash prize. The series has also received numerous accolades, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for O Yeong-su and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for Lee Jung-jae and HoYeon Jung, respectively, with all three making history in those categories. It is Netflix's most-watched series, becoming the top-viewed program in 94 countries and attracting more than 142 million member households and amassing 1.65 billion viewing hours during its first four weeks from launch, surpassing Bridgerton for the title of most watched show. Squid Game was released worldwide on September 17, 2021, to critical acclaim and international attention. Though he had initially written it in 2009, he was unable to find a production company to fund the idea until Netflix took an interest around 2019 as part of their drive to expand their foreign programming offerings.

Hwang had conceived of the idea based on his own economic struggles early in life, as well as the class disparity in South Korea. The title of the series draws from a similarly named Korean children's game. The series revolves around a contest where 456 players, all of whom are in deep financial debt, risk their lives to play a series of deadly children's games for the chance to win a ₩45.6 billion prize. Its cast includes Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, HoYeon Jung, O Yeong-su, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi, and Kim Joo-ryoung. Squid Game ( Korean: 오징어 게임 RR: Ojing-eo Geim) is a South Korean survival drama television series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix.

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