Squid Game

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 .

 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  to the potential  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 
Actor/ActressCharacter Lee Jung-jae   Seong Gi-hun Lee Byung-hun  Hwang In-ho Park Hae-soo  Cho Sang-woo Wi Ha-joon   Hwang Jun-ho Jung Ho-yeon  Kang Sae-byeok O Yeong-su  Oh Il-nam Heo Sung-tae  Jang Deok-su Jo Yu-ri  Kim Jun-hee Im Si-wan  Lee Myung-gi Park Sung-hoon  Cho Hyun-ju Kang Ha-neul  Kang Dae-ho Choi Seung-hyun  Thanos Park Gyu-young  Kang No-eul Lee Seo-hwan  Park Jung-bae

 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.

 References 

Category:2020s South Korean television series
Category:2021 establishments in South Korea
Category:2021 television series debuts Category:2020s South Korean television series debuts
Category:2025 television series endings Category:2020s South Korean television series endings
Category:Horror television series
Category:Netflix original series
Category:South Korean drama television series