Death's Game

2023–2024 · Science Fiction and Fantasy, Drama · 1 season · ★ 8.4

Ended

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Synopsis of Death's Game

Choi Yi-jae, played by Seo In-guk, is a man who has lost the will to live after seven years of job hunting without success. After taking his own life, he finds himself on the edge of hell, facing Death, who is brought to life by Park So-dam. She refuses to accept Yi-jae's suicide note or his view of death as an escape from pain, and decides to punish him. She forces him into a game in which he must be reincarnated and die twelve times before falling into hell. In each life, he has to survive his host's impending death to earn the right to live that existence. Created by Ha Byung-hoon and streaming on TVING, the series presents this challenge in South Korea.

«I'm not gonna pay a lot for this after death and became reincarnate.»

1season

8episodes

53 minper episode

8.4audience scoreTMDB · 680 votes

8.4IMDb rating25,828 votes

Seasons of Death's Game

Season 12023 · 8 ep. · ★ 8.0

Cast by Death's Game

Seo In-gukChoi Yee-jae8 episodes

Park So-damDeath8 episodes

Kim Ji‑hunPark Tae-woo8 episodes

Kim Mi-kyeongChoi Yee-jae's Mother8 episodes

Jung Yong-juKim Ji-Young8 episodes

Yoo In-sooLee Jin sang8 episodes

Go Youn-jungLee Ji-soo7 episodes

Oh Jung-seAhn Ji-hyung5 episodes

Lee Do-hyunJang Gun-woo3 episodes

Bae Gang-heeKim Eun-jae2 episodes

Choi Si-wonPark Jin-tae2 episodes

Sung HoonSong Jae-seob2 episodes

Jang Seung-joLee Joo-hoon2 episodes

Kim Beop-raeBoss2 episodes

Lee Jae-wookJo Tae-sang2 episodes

Kim Jae-wookJung Gyu-chul2 episodes

RyeounYoungest PDEpisode 1

Kim Sung-cheolKim Hyun-sooEpisode 1

Kim Kang-hoonKwon Hyuk-sooEpisode 1

Jang Hyuk-jinSquad chiefEpisode 1

Kim Won-haeEpisode 1

Baek In‑kwonBossEpisode 1

Choi Woo-jinDetectiveEpisode 1

Kim Mi-jiSocial WorkerEpisode 1

Kim Hong-gyoDetectiveEpisode 1

Han Ye-jiPark Min-jiEpisode 1

Technical Details

Created by: Ha Byung-hoon
Address: Ha Byung-hoon
Original Comic: Ggul-chan, Lee Won-sik
Production companies: Saram Entertainment, Studio N, Dexter Studios, SLL
Network or Platform: TVING
Country: South Korea
Original Language: Korean
Original title: 이재, 곧 죽습니다
Premiere: December 15, 2023
Last Episode: January 5, 2024 (1x08)
Status: Ended
Type: Miniseries
Awards: 1 nomination in total.
Links: IMDb · TMDB · Official Website

Trivia about Death's Game

Kang Ha-neul was the first actor offered the role of Choi Yi-jae, the series' lead.

Dexter Studios received a VFX technology contract for the series in May 2023, with a total budget of 3350 million won.

Park So-dam returned to the screen with this series after taking a break to recover from papillary thyroid cancer, following Record of Youth on tvN in 2020.

Amazon Prime Video reported that the series was the most-watched show in Indonesia and Thailand and that it ranked among the top ten in 43 countries.

Kim Hyun-seung of Cine21 praised the series' visual effects, which are rare in South Korea, though he was disappointed that the storylines relied on them.

Time magazine ranked the series ninth on its list of the best K-dramas of 2024.

Filming began on February 18, 2023 and wrapped on September 23 of that same year, after several months of production.

"Death's Game" received two nominations at the 2024 Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards: Best OTT Original Drama and Best Visual Effects.

Sources: Wikipedia (Spanish) · Wikipedia (English)