Ahead of release, director reveals benefits of Squid game series

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –

Director Hwang Dong-hyuk explains the difference Squid game from serial Another theme of survival lies in the center of the story. According to him, most of the stories in survival series focus on the winners or the survivors.

“Meanwhile, Squid Game is focused on the losers. Without them there will be no winners,” Dong-hyuk said in a virtual media meeting on Wednesday (9/15).

He continued that the Struggle For Life series story generally has simple rules and focuses on the winner’s response.

“An important part of the survival series is the level of entertainment, the difficulty of the obstacles that the characters in the story have to overcome in order to survive,” he said.

The Squid Game series follows 456 people who go head-to-head in a deadly game. At the end of the game, there will be only one winner who will be entitled to a prize of 45.6 billion won or 567.3 billion IDR.

All 456 people were gathered in one place by a mysterious organization. They were then asked for permission to participate in the game without first knowing the details.

The participants did not realize that their lives were in danger until after playing the first game. In addition, they had to complete six games to win 45.6 billion won.

The games presented are in fact already familiar to the participants because they are children’s games. One of them is the Red Light game, Green Light, known as Benteng in Indonesia.

However, in the game Red Light, the Green Light that the participants participated in has been changed. Guard robots will immediately shoot people moving and the lives of participants who withdraw are also at risk.

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