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Park Yong-sik (Korean: 박용식), also known as Player 007, is a major character in Netflix's K-drama Squid Game. He is a gambler whose habit led him to trouble, joining the 37th Squid Game in order to pay off his debts. He is accompanied by his mother, Jang Geum-ja.
He is portrayed by Yang Dong-geun (also known as YDG), who also casts as Kim Heuk-chul in OCN's Hero.
Biography[]
Background[]
Park Yong-sik was born during the final stages of the Korean War to Jang Geum-ja and her unnamed husband. As he grew older, Yong-sik developed reckless habits, becoming a compulsive gambler. In a desperate bid to fuel his addiction, he borrowed ₩100 million from a shady casino. Unable to repay the loan, he was threatened by creditors who warned they would take his organs if he didn’t settle the debt within a month. Fearing for his life, Yong-sik fled home and saw the Squid Game as his only chance to escape his dire situation.
Squid Game[]
Yong-sik wakes up in the Squid Game dormitory alongside other participants and unexpectedly reunites with his mother, Jang Geum-ja. She confronts him for joining the deadly contest, revealing that she entered the game herself to help pay off his debt. He insists she shouldn’t have taken such a risk for his sake. Throughout the games, they maintain a close bond and build friendships with fellow contestants, including Kim Young-mi, Cho Hyun-ju, and Seong Gi-hun, as well as others like Park Jung-bae, Oh Young-il, Kang Dae-ho, and Kim Jun-hee.
In the first game, "Red Light, Green Light," Yong-sik initially mocks Seong Gi-hun for warning others about the potential danger. However, after realizing the threat was real, he follows Gi-hun’s advice, allowing both him and his mother to survive the round. Afterward, he votes to leave the game at his mother’s urging.
When they return for the second game, Yong-sik and Jang Geum-ja team up with Kim Young-mi, Seon-nyeo, and Cho Hyun-ju to succeed. Following this, Yong-sik decides to stay in the competition, hoping to earn enough money to not only pay off the original debt but also another hidden one he hadn’t disclosed to his mother. Although she is initially upset, he explains his reasons, and they continue to work together.
After making it through the third game, "Mingle", they vote to leave again but are forced to remain when the vote results in a tie. Yong-sik and his mother later learn of Seong Gi-hun’s plan to revolt against the game’s staff. Though they choose to avoid the chaotic nighttime attack by Group O on Group X, they follow Seong’s advice to keep their distance and stay safe. By avoiding direct involvement in the rebellion, both manage to survive another night.
In the fourth game, “Hide and Seek”, Yong-sik is a Hider while his mother is a Seeker, but he propose to swap team with her and convince her that she can't kill anyone due to her old age, while he would easily be able to kill someone and pass the game. His mother is skeptical as first because she points out he always got beaten by the neighborhood kids, but he also point out that she never won a fight against his dad. She accept to swap team with him. However, he too is unable to kill anyone due to his overly kindhearted nature. He gets close to passing the round when he encounters Player 172, the player who helped separate him and his mother in Mingle, but he is ultimately overpowered and has to be saved by Kim Gi-min, who ends up stealing his potential kill in the process.
When time is close to running out, he runs into his mother and Jun-hee, and he tells her that he’s going to die. Geum-ja, trying to protect Jun-hee, tells her son to kill her instead of Jun-hee, but Yong-sik can’t bring himself to hurt his own mother. Out of options and desperate to survive, he goes to stab Jun-hee, but is taken aback by the sight of her newborn baby. In a state of desperation, Geum-ja stabs Yong-sik in the back with her hairpin knife. Yong-sik turns around and collapses in his mother’s arms, apologizing to her for being a failure as the guards enter the room and shoot him to death.
Trivia[]
- He and Seong Gi-hun are the only characters on this wiki to be Seekers in the Hide-and-Seek game.
- He, Lee Myung-gi and Player 192 are the only Hiders to swap their roles with a Seeker, thus becoming a Seeker.
- Yong-sik is the only Seeker to have his number being announced when he died.
- Seon-nyeo cursed him and his teammates that they'll all died in front of each other. Yong-sik would spend his final moments in his mom's embrace.
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