A total of 456 players participated in the competition, and the winner was Seong Gi-hun, also known as Player 456, who earned the total prize money of ₩45.6 billion (equivalent to $37 million USD). A total of six games were played in six days during the Squid Games, plus the special game that occurred.
Like any organization, Squid Game has a mastermind behind it. That title belongs to Oh Il-nam, or 001, who does not wear a mask but “masks” his true nature by posing as a willing participant in the games.
In the end, Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), known as Player 456, wins the games and takes home the total prize money. Squid Game episode 5 reveals some of the secrets behind the games.
The rules never stated that there will be a face off until only one winner survives. Start: 456 players. After round 1 (individual game): 456 players can survive, assuming perfect play.
That means 45,600,000,000 won is $38,460,271.20 USD. And each contestant worth 100,000,000 won was worth $84,341.99 USD.
He, with the help of other wealthy elite, set up the Squid Games decades ago. 001 set up the games because he and many of his rich friends were bored, no longer able to enjoy life as their wealth made their days too easy.
456 His Jacket. Before the Marbles game round, Gi-hun gave his jacket to the old man to cover his trousers after Gi-hun noticed Il-nam had wet himself while sleeping. Later, the old man hands Gi-hun his own jacket, saying the other players "will look down on him" if he doesn't have a jacket.
So how much is 45.6 billion won in U.S. dollars? A single won is equivalent to $0.00084 (that's 84 hundred-thousandths of a dollar), meaning 45.6 billion won is $38,275,101.91.
Squid Game protagonist Gi-hun is also known as player 456, a number that's also on his Squid Game tracksuit. Gi-hun also won 4,560,000 won after he betted on horses during his daughter's birthday, which happens in episode 1 of Squid Game.
We saw her get hit by a flying shard of glass when the bridge exploded and she lost a lot of blood. Player 456 (Gi-hun) ran to the guards asking them to help his dying friend then player 218 (Sang-woo) brutally stabbed 067 in the neck and secured his spot as one of the two finalists in Squid Game.
Oh Il-nam (Korean: 오일남), also referred to as the Host or Player 001, is the main antagonist of the first season of the South Korean Netflix drama Squid Game. At first, he seemed to be an ordinary old man who got to participate in the Squid Game as a destitute player.
Jang Deok-su AKA Player 101. Deok-su was the only horrible person in the Squid Game who acknowledged he was actually a horrible person before the games even started. Self-aware king!
Squid Game's player 067 is the first role for Korean fashion model HoYeon Jung. In 2013, Jung participated in season 4 of Korea's Next Top Model.
Since 1 Korean won is equal to 0.00084 USD (that's 84 hundred-thousandths of a dollar), that means 45,600,000,000 won is $38,460,271.20 USD.
So I chose the color and I thought it really showed his inner anger.” So it's a radical, symbolic move. Gi-Hun is angry and the red is designed to channel and reflect that inner rage out. I think he looks goofy.
1 KRW = 0.000779 USD Jun 19, 2023 14:24 UTC.
According to Reality Titbit, 300 million won converted to US dollars would be about $243,188. That's a lot of money for one person! However, the challenges in Physical: 100 are no joke.
The orderly, who befriended Eleven because she was the most powerful subject, tricks her into removing a chip in his skin. It turns out that the orderly is the mysterious Number One, a man named Henry Creel who came under Brenner's care after killing his parents.
Turns out he not only survived the family massacre, he caused it. Henry was put into psychiatric care after his family was killed and Dr. Brenner, alert to Henry's powers, made him 001, the very first of the kids experimented on.
As well as befriending Eleven in order to gain her trust so she would remove his Soteria implant, we learn in the final episode that 001 initially spared El because he wanted her to join him. He viewed her as an ally rather than an enemy because they were "alike".
456, Seong Gi-hun ended up opting for red hair. In an interview with Zapzee he explained, “I imagined being him and thought to myself, 'What is the colour that you would never choose to dye your hair?
Out of the five terrifying and death-defying trials, Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), Sae-byeok (Jung Ho-yeon) and Sang-woo (Park Hae-soo) make it to the end as the remaining three competitors. By this point, Gi-hun has found a greater sense of empathy and cares for Sae-byeok.
The way these Easter eggs occur at the same time suggests a close connection between the fact that Il-nam is the Squid Game founder and that Gi-hun is his son.