Netflix Original Series Squid Game is the first Non-English drama nominated for Outstanding Drama Series in an Emmy Awards.
Squid Game proves its popularity with another nomination for Outstanding Drama Series at the 2022 Emmy Awards, the highest accolade in Television.
Succession, Stranger Things, Better Call Saul, Euphoria, Ozark, Severance, and Yellowjackets also enter the category.
In particular, only English dramas were eligible for the Emmy Award, but Squid Game broke the barriers.
Notably, the series was nominated in numerous prestigious local and international award-giving bodies.
Moreover, the series set the record for the most nominations for a foreign-language drama.
Five actors received nominations and became the first-ever Korean actors to be nominated for an Academy Award.
Lee Jung Jae, who played the main character Seong Gi-hun, was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama.
Also, Oh Young Soo (Oh Il-Nam) and Park Hae Soo (Cho Sang-woo) were nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor.
Additionally, Jung Ho Yeon (Kang Sae-byeok) was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress and Lee Yoo Mi (Ji-young) for the Outstanding Guest Award.
While Director Hwang Dong Hyuk, who wrote the screenplay, was nominated for Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Director.
Here are the other nominated awards for Squid Game:
• Outstanding Original Main Title Music- composer Jung Jae-il
• Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More)
• Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)
• Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series
• Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music.
• Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode
• Outstanding Stunt Performance.
Squid Game was released on September 17 last year. It chronicles the stories of people who risked their lives in a survival game to win $45.6 billion.
The series already received successive awards such as the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice, Gossum Awards, and the SAG Awards.
The Emmy Awards is a renowned award-giving body of the American broadcasting industry. The ceremony will air on September 12.
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