Netflix Original 'Ojingeo Game' to Premiere on the 17th of Next Month

Revealing Structural Instability in Our Society Through Extreme Games

Online video service (OTT) Netflix announced on the 11th that it will release the original series 'Ojingeo Game' on the 17th of next month. The drama depicts life losers participating in a mysterious survival game with a prize of 45.6 billion won, risking their lives in extreme games. Ojingeo Game is a game played on shapes forming a squid figure: circles, triangles, and squares. The attacker wins by breaking through the defense and entering the circle corresponding to the squid's head. An official stated, "It has a similar atmosphere to Nobuyuki Fukumoto's 'Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji,'" and added, "It vividly reveals the structural instability of our society caused by the widening gap between rich and poor." The director is Hwang Dong-hyuk, who directed films such as 'The Fortress,' 'Miss Granny,' and 'Silenced.' The cast includes Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Oh Young-soo, Wi Ha-joon, Jung Ho-yeon, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam, and Kim Joo-ryung.

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