Squid Game 

(Korean: 오징어게임; RR: Ojing-eo Geim) is a South Korean survival drama streaming

television series written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk. The nine-episode series, starring Lee
Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo and Wi Ha-joon, tells the story of a group of people who risk their lives in a
mysterious survival game with a ₩45.6 billion (US$38.7 million) prize.[2][3] It was released worldwide
on September 17, 2021 by Netflix.[4][5]

Contents

 1Premise
 2Cast and characters
o 2.1Players
o 2.2Game staff
o 2.3Civilians
o 2.4English cast (dubbing)
 3Episodes
 4Production
o 4.1Development
o 4.2Casting
o 4.3Music
 5Marketing
 6Reception
o 6.1Public response
o 6.2Critical reception
o 6.3Impact
 7Potential sequel
 8References
 9External links

Premise
Four hundred and fifty-six people, who have all struggled financially in life, are invited to play a
mysterious survival competition. Competing in a series of traditional children's games but with deadly
twists, they risk their lives to compete for a ₩45.6 billion (US$38.5 million) prize.

Cast and characters

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Players
Main characters[6]
 Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun (No. 456)[7]
A chauffeur and a gambling addict, he lives with his mother and struggles to financially
support his daughter. He participates in the Game to settle his many debts.

 Park Hae-soo as Cho Sang-woo (No. 218)

The head of the investment team at a securities company, he was a junior to Gi-hun, and
was a gifted student who entered Seoul National University, but is now wanted by the police
for stealing money from his clients.

 Oh Yeong-su as Oh Il-nam (No. 001)

An elderly man with a brain tumor who prefers playing the Game to waiting to die on the
outside.

 HoYeon Jung as Kang Sae-byeok (No. 067)

A North Korean defector who enters the Game to pay for a broker that can find and retrieve
her surviving family members from the country.

 Heo Sung-tae as Jang Deok-su (No. 101)

A gangster who enters the Game to settle his massive gambling debts.

 Anupam Tripathi as Abdul Ali (No. 199)

A foreign worker from Pakistan who enters the Game to provide for his young family after his
employer refuses to pay him for months.

 Kim Joo-ryoung as Han Mi-nyeo (No. 212)

A mysterious and manipulative woman who claims to be a poor single mother.[8]
Supporting characters

 Yoo Sung-joo as Byeong-gi (No. 111)

A doctor who secretly works with a group of corrupt guards trafficking dead participants'
organs in exchange for information on upcoming games.

 Lee Yoo-mi as Ji-yeong (No. 240)

A young woman who was just released from prison after killing her abusive father.

 Kim Si-hyun as No. 244

A pastor who finds his faith again in the Game.
Minor characters

 Lee Sang-hee as No. 017

A glass-maker with more than 30 years experience.

 Kim Yun-tae as No. 069

A player who joins the Game with his wife, No. 070

 Lee Ji-ha as No. 070

A player who joins the Game with her husband, No. 069
  Kwak Ja-hyoung as No. 278
A player who joins Deok-su's group and acts as his henchman.

 Chris Chan / Chris Lagahit[9] as

No. 276
A player who joins Seong Gi-hun's group on the Tug of War round.
Game staff
 Gong Yoo as a salesman
who recruits participants
for the Game (Special
appearance, Episodes 1
and 9)[10]
 Lee Byung-hun as The
Front Man (Special
appearance, Episodes 8–
9)
Civilians
Main characters

 Wi Ha-joon as Hwang
Jun-ho[11]
A police officer who sneaks into the Game to find his missing brother.
Supporting characters

 Kim Young-ok as Gi-

hun's mother
 Cho Ah-in as Seong
Ga-yeong, Gi-hun's
daughter
 Kang Mal-geum as Gi-
hun's ex-wife and Ga-
yeong's mother
 Park Hye-jin as Sang-
woo's mother
 Park Si-wan as Kang
Cheol, Sae-byeok's
brother
English cast (dubbing)
 Greg Chun as Seong
Gi-hun[12]
 Stephen Fu as Cho
Sang-woo[13]
 Paul Nakauchi as
Jang Deok-su[14]
 Hideo Kimura as Oh
Il-nam[15]
 Vivian Lu as Kang
Sae-byeok[16]
 Rama Vallury as
Abdul Ali[17]
 Tom Choi as Front
Man[18]
 Donald Chang as
Hwang Jun-ho[19]
 Stephanie Komure as
Han Mi-nyeo[20]
 Yuuki Luna as Ji-
yeong[21]