Squid Game season 1 episode 1
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Squid Game season 1 episode 1 is the opening episode of the South Korean survival drama series that introduces the deadly competition’s premise and its desperate main characters.
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| Squid Game episode 1 | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
Squid Game episode
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television episode ⓘ |
| basedOn | deadly survival competition ⓘ |
| chronologicalOrder | first episode of Squid Game ⓘ |
| contentWarning |
death
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gambling ⓘ graphic violence ⓘ strong language ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Hwang Dong-hyuk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Hwang Dong-hyuk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Netflix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| episodeNumberInSeason | 1 ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Abdul Ali
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Cho Sang-woo NERFINISHED ⓘ Hwang Jun-ho NERFINISHED ⓘ Jang Deok-su NERFINISHED ⓘ Kang Sae-byeok NERFINISHED ⓘ Oh Il-nam NERFINISHED ⓘ Seong Gi-hun NERFINISHED ⓘ The Front Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresGame | Red Light, Green Light NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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survival drama ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| introducesCompetition | Squid Game NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducesPremise | hundreds of indebted people compete in lethal games for a massive cash prize. ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Korean ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Netflix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Squid Game
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Squid Game season 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform | Netflix ⓘ |
| plotSummary |
Ends with the first game, Red Light, Green Light, revealing that elimination means death.
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Introduces Seong Gi-hun, a deeply indebted chauffeur and gambler, who is recruited to join a mysterious high-stakes competition. ⓘ Shows hundreds of financially desperate contestants transported to a remote facility to compete in deadly children’s games. ⓘ |
| protagonist | Seong Gi-hun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seasonNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| setting |
Seoul
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mysterious game facility ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
| theme |
desperation and debt
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economic inequality ⓘ exploitation ⓘ human survival instincts ⓘ |
| tone |
dark
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suspenseful ⓘ violent ⓘ |
| writer | Hwang Dong-hyuk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Squid Game episode 1