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Oldboy (2003) | User Rating
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Original title: Oldeuboi
Release Date
• USA: Mar 25, 2005
• UK: 15 Oct 2004
BoxOffice: $0.6M
Official Website:
Oldboy Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong violence including scenes of torture, sexuality and pervasive language.
Running Time
2 hours, 0 minutes
Country South Korea
Production Companies
Egg Films, Show East
Studio Egg Films, Show East
More info on IMDb.com
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• Oldeuboi
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller, Revenge, Psychodrama, Suspense, Kidnapping, Monsters
Tagline: End of confrontation, one must die.
Plot: It would be a sin to reveal too much about this riveting and bizarre thriller from Korean director Chan Wook Park, except to say that it's about a man named Dae-Su (Choi Min-Sik) who is locked in a hotel room for 15 years without knowing his captor's motives. When he is finally released, Dae Su finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and strangeness. His own quest for vengeance becomes tied in with romance when he falls for an attractive sushi chef (Gang Hye-Jung), who feeds him live octopus and who may or may not be involved with the bizarre mystery. This is all served up in a striking palette of purples and dark reds; oozing with post-neo-noir style, and stuffed with insanely malicious twists and turns. Choi Min-Sik is terrific in the lead, counterbalancing over-the-top hysterics with deadpan cool to run the gamut of Asian antihero traits. There are intense fight scenes (Dae Su's favorite weapon is a hammer), look-away moments of torture and self-mutilation, sex, and gallons of black humor. Not for the squeamish, but for those seeking something wholly original and daring, this cinematic entree is alive--it's hard to imagine a better slice of psycho-shock sensationalism.
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| Directed by |
Chan-wook Park
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Joint Security Area, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance |
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| Written by |
Jo-yun Hwang
Bomnalui gomeul johahaseyo, Lee Dae-ro, jook-eul soon eobs-da | |
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| Cast |
Min-sik Choi
Brotherhood, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Swiri | Ji-tae Yu
Wonderful Days, Into the Mirror, Natural City | Hye-jeong Kang
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Saam gaang yi, Welcome to Dongmakgol | Dae-han Ji
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring, Champion, Ahobsal insaeng | Dal-su Oh
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, A Bittersweet Life, Jumeogi unda | Byeong-ok Kim
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, The Classic, Jumeogi unda | Seung-Shin Lee
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance | |
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Yeong-wook Jo
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Joint Security Area, Tell Me Something |
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