Squid Game ★★★★✰

2021 · 16 · TV Mini Series

9 episodes (32-63min) · Total Running Time: 8h 5min

Action · Drama · Mystery · Survival · Thriller · Foreign Language

Also Known As Round 6

Original Title 오징어 게임 

Directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk

Stars Lee Jung-jae · Park Hae-soo · Wi Ha-joon · Jung Ho-yeon · O Yeong-su · Heo Sung-tae · Anupam Tripathi · Kim Joo-ryoung

Created by Hwang Dong-hyuk

Written by Hwang Dong-hyuk

Release Date 17 September 2021 (internet)

Country of Origin South Korea

Language(s) Spoken Korean · English · Urdu

Sound Mix Dolby Atmos Colour Colour Aspect Ratio 2.00 : 1 · 4K UHD

Budget $21.4 million

Taglines "45.6 Billion Won is Child's Play"

A story of people who fail at life for various reasons, but suddenly receive a mysterious invitation to participate in a survival game to win more than 38 million US dollars. The game takes place on an isolated island and the participants are locked up until there is a final winner. The story will incorporate popular children's games from the 1970s and 1980s of Korea, such as squid game, literal translation of its Korean name, which is a type of tag where offense and defense use a squid-shaped board drawn in the dirt.

Works.

"Only Netflix are able to have a show that can generate such a buzz globally in literally a matter of days, even if the show is not in the English language."

—Scott Bryan, BBC.com