Movies / Oldboy (2003) aka Oldeuboi

10/10

Runtime: 120 min

Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller

Languages: Korean

Countries: South Korea


An ordinary man named Oh Dae-su, who lives with his wife and adorable daughter, is kidnapped and later wakes up to find himself in a private makeshift prison. Dae-su makes numerous attempts to escape and to commit suicide, but they all end up in failure. All the while Dae-su asks himself what made a man hate him so much enough to imprison him without any reason. While suffering from his debacle, Dae-su becomes shocked when he watches the news and hears that his beloved wife was brutally murdered. At this very moment, Dae-su swears to take revenge on the man who destroyed his happy life. Fifteen years later Dae-su is released with a wallet filled with money and a mobile phone. An unknown man calls Dae-su and asks him to figure out why he was imprisoned.


Directors (1) Credit
Chan-wook Park ...
Writers (6) Credit
Chan-wook Park screenplay
Chun-hyeong Lim screenplay
Garon Tsuchiya (story)
Joon-hyung Lim writer
Jo-yun Hwang screenplay
Nobuaki Minegishi (comic)
Composers (1) Credit
Hyun-jung Shim ...
Editors (1) Credit
Sang-Beom Kim ...
Cinematographers (1) Credit
Chung-hoon Chung ...
Actors (19) Credit
Byeong-ok Kim Mr. Han
Dae-han Chi ...
Dae-han Ji No Joo-hwan
Dae-yeon Lee Beggar
Dal-su Oh Park Cheol-woong
Hye-jeong Kang Mi-do
Il-han Oo Young Joo-hwan
Jin-seo Yun Lee Soo-ah
Ji-tae Yu Woo-jin Lee
Kwang-rok Oh Suicidal Man
Min-sik Choi Dae-su Oh
Myeong-shin Park ...
Seung-jin Lee ...
Seung-Shin Lee Yoo Hyung-ja
Su-hyeon Kim ...
Su-kyeong Yun ...
Tae-kyung Oh Young Dae-su
Yeon-suk Ahn Young Woo-jin
Yi Yong Delivery Boy