Hwang recalled the Squid Game was the most competitive of the games he'd played as a child and said is most symbolic of the "modern competitive society" we live in, at a press conference on September 15 ahead of the premiere of the series. The final round of the competition was the Squid Game, a children's street game that was played by many Koreans in their childhood, including the series' director Hwang Dong-hyuk. In the K-drama series, all 456 contestants are brought into a simulated open field type setting where the players must move closer towards a finish line near a giant robotic doll resembling a little girl.Ī still from "Squid Game" on Netflix. The name of the Korean edition of the game translates to "The mugunghwa flower has bloomed." Mugunghwa (known as the rose of Sharon in English) is South Korea's national flower.
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The first game featured in the series was a Korean version of Red Light, Green Light, a popular children's game played in other countries. Here we take a closer look at the games featured in Squid Game.
The gripping series sees 456 cash-strapped people battle each other in six games inspired by children's games played in South Korea and other countries for the chance to win 45.6 billion Korean won (around $38.4 million). Squid Game, the captivating new Netflix K-drama on track to become the streamer's biggest show ever, takes viewers through a deadly survival competition themed around children's games.
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