Oldboy
2003 · Movie · 120 min. · South Korea
'Oldboy' features Choi Min-sik as a Korean businessman who is suddenly kidnapped and confined in a cell with only a television set. He makes various efforts to escape and even attempts to commit suicide, but all end up in failure. Dae-soo one day watches a news about his wife being murdered and he being wanted by the police. Feeling shocked and deeply grieved, Dae-soo begins to dig a hole in the room with a spoon to get his way out to revenge the lost of his wife on the real culprit.
Direction Park Chan-wook
Cast Choi Min-sik · Yoo Ji-tae · Kang Hye-jung · Ji Dae-han · Oh Dal-su · Kim Byung-ok · Lee Seung-shin · Yoon Jin-seo · Oh Tae-kyung · Yoo Yeon-seok · Lee Mi-mi · Lee Dae-yeon · Oh Kwang-rok · Il-han Oo · Su-hyeon Kim · Seung-jin Lee · Su-kyeong Yun · Park Myeong-Shin
Soundtrack Jo Yeong-wook
Screenplay Park Chan-wook · Hwang Jo-yoon · Nobuaki Minegishi
Cinematography Chung Chung-hoon
Original title Oldboy
7.9
67K votes (FilmAffinity)
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