Squid Games (2021)

Other name: 오징어 게임魷魚遊戲鱿鱼游戏イカゲームOjingeo GeimThe Squid GameRound SixCuttlefish GameШестой раундلعبة الحبار

Description:

Round Six depicts a story of people who decide to become the players of a mysterious survival game that has a whopping 40-million-dollar prize at stake. Gi-hun, played by Lee Jung-jae, seems defeated by life after being fired from his job. He decides to join the survival game to win prize money. Sang-woo, played by Park Hae-soo, is Gi-hun’s childhood friend and he also joins the game as he gets in trouble at work despite all the hard work he has done to be where he is at now.

The literal translation of Round Six’s Korean title is ‘Squid Game’ (오징어 게임), which is the street game Gi-hun and Sang-woo played together when they were young. It’s quite a physical game that only ends when there’s a final winner, much like the survival game they play now. It’s named as such because players are to draw different geometric shapes on the ground, which, as a whole, look like a squid.

Country: Korean

Status: Completed

Released: 2021

Genre:Action; Adventure; Childhood; Drama; Mystery; Survival; Thriller; Web Series;

Airs: May 30, 2023

Cast:

Lee Jeong Jae (1972), Gong Yoo (1979), Jeong Woo Hyeok (1972), Heo Seong Tae (1977), Park Hae Soo (1981), Wi Ha Joon (1991), Kim Joo Ryeong (1976), Im Ki Hong (1975), Won Choon Kyoo (1974), Jeong Ho Yeon (1994)