Oldboy (2005)



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Alternate/Foreign Title: Oldeuboi [Original title]

DVD Released (Y/M/D): 2005-08-23

Genre: Foreign

Sub-genre: Thriller

Director: Chan-wook Park

Stars: Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu, Hye-jeong Kang, Dae-han Ji, Dal-su Oh, Byeong-ok Kim, Seung-shin Lee, Jin-Seo Yoon, Dae-yeon Lee, Kwang-rok Oh, Tae-kyung Oh, Yeon-Seok Yoo, Il-han Oo, Su-hyeon Kim, Seung-jin Lee, Su-kyeong Yun, Myung-shin Park

MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Synopsis: South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook directed this violent and offbeat story of punishment and vengeance. Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) is a husband and father whose reputation for womanizing is well known. One day, for reasons he doesn't understand, Oh Dae-su finds himself locked up in a prison cell, with no idea of what his crime was or whom his jailers may be. With a small television as his only link to the outside world and a daily ration of fried dumplings as his only sustenance, Oh Dae-su struggles to keep his mind and body intact, but when he learns through a news report that his wife has been killed, he begins a long and difficult project of digging an escape tunnel with a pair of chopsticks. Before he can finish -- and after 15 years behind bars -- Oh Dae-su is released, with as little explanation as when he was locked up, and he's soon given a wad of money and a cellular phone by a bum on the street. Emotionally stunted but physically strong after 15 years in jail, Oh Dae-su struggles to unravel the secret of who is responsible for locking him up, what happened to his wife and daughter, and how to best get revenge against his captors.     Source: RottenTomatoes.com


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