Squid Game – Ep01 – Red Light, Green Light
Seong Gi-hun is down on his luck, having accumulated enormous debts to loan sharks while becoming estranged from his daughter and ex-wife. In a subway station, a well-dressed man invites him to play a game of ddakji for money and offers an opportunity to participate in higher-stakes games. Gi-hun initially declines but reconsiders after discovering that his daughter will leave for the United States with her stepfather if he doesn’t make more money. He is sedated and awakens in a dormitory with 455 others, identified only by the number on their dark green tracksuits. A group of masked guards in pink jumpsuits arrive and explain that the players, all in dire financial straits, will be awarded billions of won in prize money if they can win six games over six days. The games are overseen by a masked figure dressed in all black known as the Front Man. Gi-hun befriends Player 001, an elderly man suffering from a brain tumor, and recognizes two of the other players: Cho Sang-woo, a childhood classmate turned investment broker, and Player 067, a pickpocket who previously stole from him. The first game is Red Light, Green Light, where anyone caught moving is shot dead on sight, revealing the sadistic nature of the games. Half of the players panic and attempt to flee upon realizing this and are massacred. With help from Sang-woo and Player 199, Gi-hun and several others just barely make it out of the first game alive. Moviephtv