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Oldboy

- Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep, and you weep alone.

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.

Release Date : 2003-11-21

Language :Korean

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Show EastEgg FilmCineclick Asia

Production Country : South Korea

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Oh Dae-su

Original Name : 최민식

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lee Woo-jin

Original Name : 유지태

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mi-do

Original Name : 강혜정

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Han

Original Name : 김병옥

Gender : Male

Character Name : No Joo-hwan

Original Name : 지대한

Gender : Male

Character Name : Park Cheol-woong

Original Name : 오달수

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hypnotist

Original Name : 이승신

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lee Soo-ah

Original Name : 윤진서

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Dae-su

Original Name : 오태경

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Woo-jin

Original Name : 유연석

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Joo-hwan

Original Name : 유일한

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clock Store Lady

Original Name : 이영희

Gender : Female

Character Name : Elevator Lady

Original Name : 김영애

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dental Nurse

Original Name : 이미미

Gender : Female

Character Name : Night Teacher

Original Name : 한재덕

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nun Teacher

Original Name : 곽정애

Gender : Female

Character Name : Electronics Store Owner

Original Name : 김산

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woo-jin's Doctor

Original Name : 장채수

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : 임설아

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rude Man

Original Name : 임승용

Gender : Male

Character Name : 1988 Guard

Original Name : 최창학

Gender : Male

Character Name : 1988 Guard

Original Name : 신비준

Gender : Male

Character Name : 1996 Guard

Original Name : 성석제

Gender : Male

Character Name : 2003 Guard

Original Name : 최재섭

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woo-jin's Bodyguard

Original Name : 윤진율

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woo-jin's Bodyguard

Original Name : 문성복

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cheol-woong's Gang

Original Name : 박재웅

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cheol-woong's Gang

Original Name : 오순태

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cheol-woong's Gang

Original Name : Lee Hong-pyo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cheol-woong's Gang / Stunts

Original Name : 박근석

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cheol-woong's Gang

Original Name : 허명행

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cheol-woong's Gang

Original Name : Kim Won-jung

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cheol-woong's Gang

Original Name : 박성규

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cheol-woong's Gang

Original Name : 이정필

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cheol-woong's Gang

Original Name : 한성랑

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cheol-woong's Gang

Original Name : 신범식

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cheol-woong's Gang

Original Name : 한정옥

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cheol-woong's Gang / Stunts

Original Name : Baek Dong-hyun

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cigarette Thug

Original Name : 주명철

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cigarette Thug

Original Name : 박지훈

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cigarette Thug

Original Name : 최춘범

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cigarette Thug

Original Name : Seo Myeong-Seok

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cigarette Thug

Original Name : Jeon Woo-jae

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dae-su's Wife

Original Name : Cho Sang-kyung

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Mi-do

Original Name : Oh Young-joo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Mi-do

Original Name : Lee Ji-hye

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stunts

Original Name : Joong-hyun Ji

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stunts

Original Name : Sang-moo Moon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Suicidal Man

Original Name : 오광록

Gender : Male

Character Name : Beggar

Original Name : 이대연

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young-ja

Original Name : 박명신

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chief Secretary

Original Name : 김수현

Gender : Male

Character Name : Delivery Man

Original Name : Yong-ih

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cheol-woong’s gang member

Original Name : Kim Won-jung

Gender : Male

Reviews

Eky

@Eky

2021-06-23

I’m sure that all of you can always spot a film with good acting, superb plot and great cinematography easily but when it comes to a thriller that possesses all those above quality, it would be such a rarity. OldBoy here, second installment from The Vengeance Trilogy directed by Park Chan-wook (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, OldBoy, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance) really have them all, good story, powerful acting and the most horrifying and clever end twist if not genius. In fact no matter how many times you see this, the twist would still be awesome. The theme of revenge here is taken to the next level, to its supremacy for it’s really carefully-planned. OldBoy has a mind-bending assortment of drama, thriller, romance and beautifully spiced up with sadistic plot, shocking elements, ultra violence and clever psychological twist. Imagine yourself captured, locked in a room for 15 years, not knowing why and who did it and when you finally escaped and thought it’s all over, you were wrong and here’s the punching line, the direct punch to your stomach. Min-sik Choi as Oh Dae su really acted well, he really got us carried away by dragging us into the mystery that surrounds his life, into the depression he’s been feeling and into the deep well of his curiosity. Once again, OldBoy is a way too remarkable, when “revenge” isn’t merely knife-chopping or gun-battling. Enough said.

manwhonose

@manwhonose

2021-06-23

This is definitely one of the films to see before you die. It's seat-squirmingly unsettling, shocking and very violent. It's a journey into a truly disturbed mind; a mind, which - like yours will be - is unable to cope with what it discovers. This film is brilliantly twisted. It has a thread of the most wonderful, blackest humour running through it, a sense of complete disorientation and enough plot twists and turns to sustain your interest. Not one of the best revenge thrillers I've seen - simply THE best!

Niemand

@Niemand

2023-08-21

Just about everyone I’d spoken to about this film recommended it to me. I watched this film with the original Korean-language soundtrack, with English subtitles. Oh Dae-su (Chi Min-sik) is a bit of a flirt (whether he is a womaniser is not made clear) with a wife and young child, who has turned two years old on the day we start the film. Dae-su is in a prison waiting room having insulted a woman he was flirting with. A friend comes and eventually gets him out, but while he’s making a call to his wife to explain he will be home soon, he is kidnapped. Incarcerated in a small room, with only a TV for company, he is fed and looked after, but not allowed his freedom. He unsuccessfully attempts suicide several times. He keeps himself fit by doing exercise programmes he sees on TV and he starts to dig his way out with chopsticks. He sees a TV report that shows he’s been framed for the murder of his wife. Fifteen years later, without a word of explanation, he is released. The rest of the film follows his attempts to find out why he was imprisoned, who did it, and where his daughter is. The film is frenetic, highly charged, and very emotional on several levels. It is also bloody in places, but Dae-su’s obsession for seeking revenge on whomsoever imprisoned him and on finding out where his daughter is drives this film along. There are psychological aspects to the film as well, and the film does eventually resolve itself – it is not one of those open-ended “I wonder who did it” type films. Follow the film through and you will get all the answers. I would recommend it, but I wouldn’t call it light entertainment.