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. Seong Gi-hun, a divorced father and indebted gambler who lives with his elderly mother, is invited to play a series of children's games for a chance at a large cash prize. The first series received 14 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including for Outstanding Drama Series, making it the first non-English-language work to be nominated in this category Lee won the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama series, the first time an Asian actor won the award for a non-English part. It has also received numerous accolades, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for O Yeong-su, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for Lee Jung-jae and HoYeon Jung, respectively all three were also the first Korean actors to win in those categories. It became Netflix's most-watched series and the most-watched program in 94 countries, attracting more than 142 million member households and 1.65 billion viewing hours in its first four weeks, surpassing Bridgerton as the service's most-watched show. Squid Game was released worldwide on Septemto critical acclaim and international attention. Though he wrote the story in 2009, Hwang couldn't find a production company to fund the idea until Netflix took an interest around 2019 as part of a drive to expand their foreign programming offerings. Hwang conceived the idea based on his own economic struggles, as well as the class disparity in South Korea and capitalism. The series' title draws from a similarly named Korean children's game. The series revolves around a secret contest where 456 players, all of whom are in deep financial hardship, risk their lives to play a series of deadly children's games for the chance to win a ₩45.6 billion prize. Its cast includes Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, HoYeon Jung, O Yeong-su, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi and Kim Joo-ryoung. Squid Game ( Korean: 오징어 게임) is a South Korean survival drama television series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix.
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