Hulu's thrilling 'Big Bet' trailer weaves a cat-and-mouse game through casinos and crime

Legendary 'Oldboy' actor Choi Min-sik is back in action.
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Korean drama series Big Bet is coming to Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ globally, and the trailer promises quite the action-packed ride.

As the title suggests, The Outlaws director Kang Yoon-Sung's show has a lot to do with casinos and life gambles.

It's the tale of Cha Moosik (played by legendary Oldboy actor Choi Min-sik), a former English teacher and casino bar manager who flees to the Philippines to avoid South Korea's National Tax Service — he's been using some less-than-legal underground gambling contacts. In the Philippines, he struggles to build his casino business, but his life as a mogul plummets when he's investigated for murder, and tracked by detective Oh Seunghoon (played by The Roundup star Son Suk-ku).

Plus Squid Game's Heo Sung-tae and Extreme Job star/MSG Wannabe supergroup member Lee Dong-hwi stars, so this cast is looking pretty solid.

Betrayal, violence, and corruption are afoot! And a second season has already been commissioned, so we're in for a treat.

Big Bet is streaming on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ globally from Dec. 21.

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Shannon Connellan
UK Editor

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror.


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