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Squid Game (Korean: 오징어 게임; RR: Ojing-eo Geim) is a South Korean survival drama series created 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 deadly children's games for the chance to win a ₩45.6 billion won prize (100 million per person eliminated).
In 2021, he played Oh Il-nam in the first season of the Netflix original series Squid Game. The series, which became the most-watched show on Netflix worldwide in its first month of airing, drew newfound attention to O. [ 13 ] In January 2022, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, Television for his role in the series. [ 14 ]
Squid Game (Korean: 오징어 게임) is a South Korean dystopian survival thriller horror 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 deadly children's games for the chance to win a ₩45.6 billion prize.
While all of the actors saw increases in followers on their social media accounts in the weeks after the first season of Squid Game premiered, HoYeon Jung saw one of the largest increases, going from about 400,000 to over 13 million followers in three weeks after Squid Game premiered, [171] and reaching over 23.5 million by November 2021. [172]
Squid Game is also the first non-English television series to receive nominations [2] and to win the Primetime Emmy Awards. It received 14 nominations, winning 6 of them, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, [ 3 ] and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. [ 4 ]
Seong Gi-hun (Korean: 성기훈; [sʌŋɡihun] ⓘ), also known as Player 456, is a character who is the protagonist of the Netflix series Squid Game.In the first season, he joined in a secret life-or-death contest consisting of six children's games where he competed with 455 other players for 45.6 billion South Korean won, after incurring significant debts from gambling and unemployment.
Hwang In-ho (Korean: 황인호; Korean pronunciation:), also known as the Front Man, is a character who is the main antagonist of the Netflix series Squid Game. He is the head of the Squid Game hierarchy, initiating and managing the competition of people in severe debt for a prize of ₩45.6 billion. Previously a police officer, he won the ...
Hwang Dong-hyuk was born and raised in Ssangmun-dong, Seoul, South Korea; [5] he immersed himself in manhwa and manga, spending hours in comic book cafes. [6]After he graduated from Seoul National University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications, he wrote and directed numerous short films including Our Sad Life and A Puff of Smoke.