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Oldboy (2003)
After 15 years of solitary confinement, Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) hunts down his captors and falls in love with chef Mi-do (Kang Hye-jung), but soon realizes all the messed up reasons that led him to such a distressing predicament. The 2003 South Korean mystery thriller is the second installment in director Park Chan-wook's The Vengeance Trilogy and the original South Korean movie that inspired Spike Lee's eponymous 2013 American remake.
Oldboy
- Director
- Park Chan-wook
- Release Date
- November 21, 2003
- Studio(s)
- Egg Film , CJ Entertainment
- Distributor(s)
- Show East , DreamWorks Distribution
- Cast
- Choi Min-sik , Yoo Ji-tae , Kang Hye-jung , Kim Byeong-Ok , Oh Tae-kyung , Yoon Jin-seo , Woo Il-han , Ji Dae-Han
- Writers
- Park Chan-wook , Hwang Jo-yun , Lim Jun-hyung
- Runtime
- 120 Minutes
- Franchise(s)
- Oldboy
- Sequel(s)
- Lady Vengeance
- prequel(s)
- Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
- Budget
- $3 Million
Summary
After 15 years of solitary confinement, Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) hunts down his captors and falls in love with chef Mi-do (Kang Hye-jung), but soon realizes all the messed up reasons that led him to such a distressing predicament. The 2003 South Korean mystery thriller is the second installment in director Park Chan-wook's The Vengeance Trilogy and the original South Korean movie that inspired Spike Lee's eponymous 2013 American remake.
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