The first episode of Squid Game , titled "Red Light, Green Light," follows the desperate life of Seong Gi-hun and his entry into a deadly tournament for a ₩45.6 billion prize. A Desperate Life

We meet Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), a divorced father and gambling addict who still lives with his elderly mother. He is not a hero. He steals his mother’s ATM card, bets on horse races he can’t afford, and fails his daughter’s birthday.

The episode opens on Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), a chauffeur with a severe gambling addiction. We see him at a horse racing track, betting his last winnings and losing. He is broke, in debt to loan sharks who threaten to take his kidney and eye, and he struggles to maintain a relationship with his young daughter, who is moving to the United States with his ex-wife and her stepfather. Desperate for money to buy a birthday gift and a horse for his daughter, he takes a cash advance from a usurious lender.

The first episode of Squid Game , titled " Red Light, Green Light

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