Asian Drama

Kim Woon Bum is a politician for the opposition party. He dreams of becoming the president of the country. Seo Chang Dae is an excellent strategist. He joins Kim Woon Bum's election campaign staff and Kim Woon Bum goes on to win consecutive elections. Finally, Kim Woon Bum is elected as the presidential nominee for the opposition party. During a fierce presidential election, an explosion occurs at Kim Woon Bum's home. Seo Chang Dae is suspected of being the culprit

Round Six depicts a story of people who decide to become the players of a mysterious survival game that has a whopping 40-million-dollar prize at stake. Gi-hun, played by Lee Jung-jae, seems defeated by life after being fired from his job. He decides to join the survival game to win prize money. Sang-woo, played by Park Hae-soo, is Gi-hun’s childhood friend and he also joins the game as he gets in trouble at work despite all the hard work he has done to be where he is at now.

The literal translation of Round Six’s Korean title is ‘Squid Game’ (오징어 게임), which is the street game Gi-hun and Sang-woo played together when they were young. It’s quite a physical game that only ends when there’s a final winner, much like the survival game they play now. It’s named as such because players are to draw different geometric shapes on the ground, which, as a whole, look like a squid.

Woo-Gon (Kim Kang-Woo) works for a talent agency as a manager. He spots Mi-Jin (Ko Won-Hee) at an audition. Woo-Gon feels that Mi-Jin is special and has the potential to become a star. Because of Woo-Gon's efforts, Mi-Jin is cast in a movie, but this also causes his company to lash out at him for pushing Mi-Jin instead another one of their talents. Woo-Gon is fired. Later, Mi-Jin comes to visit Woo-Gon who is now working as a parking attendant. Mi-Jin asks him to work as his manager. Woo-Gon accepts and works hard to land parts for her. Soon, Mi-Jin is cast as the lead female character in a television drama series. Just as things seem incredibly promising for Mi-Jin, a shady tabloid scandal breaks out. Mi-Jin is identified as the woman involved in a sexual relationship with a well known politician (Ahn Sung-Ki). The source of the leaks are completely unknown. Woo-Gon tries to explain that the tabloid rumors about his client are completely untrue, but nobody listens. A few days later, Mi-Jin is found dead in her apartment. Woo-Gon then decides to find those responsible for spreading the false rumors about Mi-Jin.

Pil Yong has been forever a lowly public official of 7th grade in Jeonju, South Korea.

3 years ago his wife Hyo Kyung collapsed of a cerebral infarction largely due to him. Pil Yong took his son to a relative and now takes care of his wife who has difficulty in moving. Pil Yong wants to be promoted to a deputy director in the higher 5th grade before he retires.

Pil Yong finds out that his new boss is interested in hanji (traditional Korea paper). Because of this, Pil Yong transfers to the hanji department.

Meanwhile, documentary filmmaker Ji Won shoots a documentary about hanji. To make her documentary, Ji Won travels throughout the country. By chance, Ji Won meets Pil Yong and they do not get along with each other. She learns that Pil Yong plans to restore a copy of the annals of the Joseon Dynasty using hanji of a traditional kind. Ji Won joins Pil Yong.

Pil Yong becomes obsessed with his project. A strange mood starts to brew between Pil Yong and Ji Won. Hyo Kyung notices the change in her husband. Also, the project is on the verge of collapsing.

Dong Chul can't fight at all, but he's a gangster who can talk. He can't show off his skills as well as before, but his spirit is still alive. But the girl who seems nice on the outside moves next door, and she doesn't feel threatened by him. If he calls her "the girl next door", she gets defensive. But for some reason, he wants to be nice to her!

Se Jin has put herself out on the job market. She has big plans and got the semi-basement room. But a gangster who doesn't even look like one lives next door. This man calls her "the girl next door" as if he knows her. The gangster that talks too much. She doesn't hate him!

Instead of directing his soft porn movie, In-gi talks heatedly about the film scenario he is working on. He had to abandon his dreams of becoming a serious director in order to pay off his parents' debts. So to make quick money, he began to direct soft porn movies. But his dream of making a masterpiece has not died yet. He visits an old college buddy who is now a film producer. There he meets another college friend, Myung-joon, who is now a famous director. Through Myung-joon, In-gi is introduced to the love of his life, Yeo-kyung, a struggling screenwriter. From this day onward, In-gi delights in finding the things they have in common --- from their affinity to banana-flavored milk and forgotten comic book characters. In-gi is fueled by his love for Yeo-kyung to make a masterpiece. Yeo-kyung is also emboldened by In-gi's affections and decides to become a true writer. They begin to collaborate on a story about the love between a circus clown and the daughter of the circus troupe director. Their characters begin to come to life and a true masterpiece is in the making.