Squid Game: Season 2 sees return of Player 456 to deadly games

The new season follows Gi-hun as he tries to expose the games' secrets, three years after his narrow escape.

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Three years after his victory in the lethal series of children's games Seong Gi-hun, played by actor Lee Jung-jae, returns as Player 456 and is joined by hundreds of new competitors - and tries to lead them to safety.

The first season of the South Korean drama followed a group of 456 people, desperate and in debt, fighting to the death for a huge cash prize.

It became Netflix's biggest ever series launch, streamed by 111 million users in its first 28 days.

The trailer opens as the sinister masked guards welcome a new cast of characters to the competition.

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