Netflix Korean drama 'Squid Game' wins 74th Emmy Awards

The 74th Emmy Awards (Emmy Awards), an event in the European and American TV circles, was held on the morning of Tuesday (September 13) local time in Los Angeles, USA. Last year, the Netflix Korean drama " squid game ", which swept the world, won 2 major awards and wrote history.

Lee Jung-jae (left) and Zendaya won the 74th Emmy Awards for Drama He was the first to be nominated for the top spot, defeating rivals such as Jeremy Strong and Brian Cox of " Succession" (Succession), Jason Bateman of " Black Money Land " (Ozark), and won the Best Actor Award in the Drama category. The first Asian actor to win the award. This is also the 7th TV Emperor Award he won for "Squid Game". Lee Jung Jae expressed his gratitude in English and Korean and respectively.

Lee Jung-jae (left) of "Squid Game" and director Hwang Dong-hyuk

In addition to the TV Emperor Award, "Squid Game" also won the Best Director Award, becoming the first Asian drama in history to win the award. Director Hwang Dong-hyuk delivered his acceptance speech in English throughout the entire process, saying, "Thank you for the Emmys, Netflix. Everyone says I rewrote history, but I don't think I made it alone, we made it together. "He also revealed that the second season of "Squid Game" is in preparation, "I hope this is not the last time a non-English drama wins an Emmy, and I hope it is not my last Emmy, and the second season will be back.

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"Squid Game" tells the story of a game "Battle Royale", " is a thriller and suspense work, In order to compete for high prize money, a group of people in a confined space, either individually or in groups The team completes the prescribed game, and the losing team may die. tells the story of 456 marginalized people in desperate situations who are invited to participate in a death competition game for the entertainment of the privileged, and the final winner will receive 45.6 billion won (240 million yuan) in prize money, but at the same time The cruel torture of carrying the sins of human nature.

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started from the plain one, two, three, wooden people, and a wave of shooting came directly, and then entered the climax of the can't stop. The scene is not very bloody, but it makes the hair stand upright. Such a plot also makes this show want to keep watching, and , Netflix, and lived up to expectations, releasing all 9 episodes at one time. It is really addicting to watch at one time, and it is very tempting to watch it without sleeping.