Squid Game

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Netflix original series South Korean television series survival drama television series

Squid Game is a South Korean survival drama television series that follows cash-strapped contestants who risk their lives in deadly versions of children's games for a massive cash prize.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Netflix original series →
South Korean television series →
survival drama television series →
ageRating TV-MA →
composer Jung Jae-il →
countryOfFilming South Korea →
countryOfOrigin South Korea →
creator Hwang Dong-hyuk →
director Hwang Dong-hyuk →
distributor Netflix →
filmingLocation Seoul →
genre action →
drama →
dystopian →
horror →
satire →
social commentary →
survival →
thriller →
hasGame Glass Stepping Stones →
Honeycomb (Dalgona) challenge →
Marbles →
Red Light, Green Light →
Squid Game →
surface form: "Squid Game (final game)"

Tug of War →
hasSpinOff Squid Game →
surface form: "Squid Game: The Challenge"
languageAvailable English dubbing →
Korean →
multiple subtitle languages →
leadActor Anupam Tripathi →
Heo Sung-tae →
Jung Ho-yeon →
Han Mi-nyeo →
surface form: "Kim Joo-ryoung"

Lee Jung-jae →
O Yeong-su →
Park Hae-soo →
Wi Ha-joon →
mainCharacter Cho Sang-woo →
Han Mi-nyeo →
Hwang Jun-ho →
Jang Deok-su →
Kang Sae-byeok →
Oh Il-nam →
Seong Gi-hun →
notableAchievement first Korean series to top Netflix’s global most-watched chart →
one of Netflix’s most-watched series worldwide →
notableAward Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series →
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series →
notableAwardRecipient Hwang Dong-hyuk →
Lee Jung-jae →
numberOfEpisodes 9 →
numberOfSeasons 1 →
originalLanguage Korean →
originalNetwork Netflix →
originalReleaseStart 2021-09-17 →
originalTitle Squid Game →
surface form: "오징어 게임"
platform Netflix →
plotSummary Cash-strapped contestants compete in lethal games for a large cash prize →
portrays deadly versions of children’s games →
productionCompany Siren Pictures →
releaseYear 2021 →
romanizedTitle Ojingeo Geim →
setting fictional secret game facility in South Korea →
spinOffType reality competition series →
theme capitalism →
class struggle →
desperation and debt →
economic inequality →
human nature under pressure →
titleLanguage Korean →
writer Hwang Dong-hyuk →

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Squid Game → hasGame → Squid Game →
this entity surface form: "Squid Game (final game)"
Squid Game → hasSpinOff → Squid Game →
this entity surface form: "Squid Game: The Challenge"
Squid Game → originalTitle → Squid Game →
this entity surface form: "오징어 게임"