While the life-and-death competition shown in the show is not real, Squid Game is a real game played by children in South Korea . It was most popular in the 1970s and 1980s, when the show’s creator was young.
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Episode 9 begins shortly after Sae-byeok is killed at the hands of Sang-woo, leaving him and Gi-hun as the last remaining players in the game. The final challenge is the eponymous Squid Game , which sees Gi-hun square off against Sang-woo in a bloody (and rainy) knife fight.
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