top of page

Slap in the Face


Gi-hun meets a mysterious recruiter offering cash to strangers who beat him in a round of ddakji. To win at ddakji, you have to flip your opponent’s folded card with your own. Gi-hun loses multiple rounds. With no money, he pays by allowing himself to be slapped in the face in lieu of payment (SK ₩100,000). Gi-hun plays long enough to prove himself both desperate for money and willing to absorb a fair bit of punishment because the marginal benefit of winning SK ₩100,000 is greater.

Recent Posts

See All

What Would You Do With The Money?

Sae-byeok and Gi-hun discuss what they would do if they won the jackpot. Winning that amount of money would be an example of a pure...

Good at Everything

Han Mi-nyeo is doing her best to win a spot on a tug-of-war team and tells everyone who will listen, "I'm good at everything except the...

Comments


bottom of page