If you've watched the breakout hit Netflix series "Squid Game," innocent children's games like tug of war and red light, green light may take on a whole new meaning for you.

For its creator Hwang Dong-hyuk, they were part of his childhood in South Korea. "All of us have at some point played those simple and childish games," he told CNN.

Among the ones Hwang played as a child was the titular "Squid Game," a team game involving attackers pushing their way through a vaguely squid-shaped area, with defenders trying to stop them. "It was very physically demanding, and so every time we played someone would get injured, have their clothes torn or cry," he said. "It would always be the last game of the day."

"Having grown into an adult, the question 'what would it be like to go back and play those childhood games again?' was the start to the creation of the entire series."

Released in September, "Squid Game" -- about debt-ridden contestants battling it out in a series of deadly children's games -- is currently on track to become Netflix's most popular show ever, having reached number one in 90 countries, including the US.

For Hwang, the show's narrative reflects the "competitive society" we live in today. "This is a story about losers," he said -- those who struggle through the challenges of everyday life and get left behind, while the "winners level up."

It is also a personal story. The two main characters, Seong Gi-hun and Cho Sang-woo, are named after his old friends, and he calls them his "inner clones."

"They represent the two sides of me. Like Gi-hun, I was raised by a single mother in a financially troubled environment in Ssangmun-dong," he explained. "At the same time, like Sang-woo, I went to Seoul National University and my entire neighborhood praised me and had high expectations of me."

Producing the show was an intense experience, with Hwang losing six teeth while filming because of stress. But it hasn't completely put him off the idea of making a second season.

"Writing, producing and directing a series alone was really such a big task. When I think about doing the same for season two, I'm personally kind of worried," he said. "There's nothing confirmed at the moment, but so many people are enthusiastic that I'm really contemplating it."

Source: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/squid-game-director-hwang-dong-hyuk-spc-hnk/index.html

if this movie is not series I'd b dieing to watch it
Im not really a fan of episode movies

Very very very very very very sweet and interesting....


One of the best I have ever watched.. Honestly Koreans are very good with script...

This movie is one of its kind... Perfectly scripted

Squid is so good, if there was a real life version I will totaling participate that's how desperate I am.
Win the money or die trying

Season 2 will be out soon.
That movie makes sense.

No flaws spotted

me who watched squid game much earlier before it became trendy and I felt proud

How much more oga director I can only imagine how he feels now
All that sacrifice was worth it

This movie is an over hyped piece of shit, I rather Watch Game Of Thrones or Prison Break over again.

i personally dont watch movies.
if i decide to watch, i'll finish a 2hr film in one week.

What rubbish

Damnnn niggar
Isoright ...

Moonie911:
Squid is so good, if there was a real life version I will totaling participate that's how desperate I am.
Win the money or die trying

Your boyfriend must be a real niggar
Get rich or die while trying

Marketing strategy,they just want the movie to be a must watch

Ohhh it's a movie not a game..

I been think say na another crate challenge nonsense



But Korean Movie make sense. Am not talking about those romantic nonsense..

He.

I find non-English shows off-putting. I guess it’s the language barrier. I can tolerate a movie. Oh well, the hype may get me later.

How

The series is interesting anyways. They have good marketing team.

Scary

Mastakija:
if this movie is not a series movie I'd b dieing to watch it
Im not really a fan of series movies though

Same here but try and see this one.
Full of suspense

Hmm

Igbo people with yoruba game

End time game

Q

Overhyped

Sweet die

W

Mastakija:
if this movie is not a series movie I'd b dieing to watch it
Im not really a fan of series movies though

I thought I was the only one