Oldboy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-11-21

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.4 (315289 Reviews)

Director:

Chan-wook Park

Genres:

Drama Mystery Thriller

Cast:

Min-sik Choi Ji-tae Yu Hye-jeong Kang Dae-han Ji

Writer:

Garon Tsuchiya (story)

Nobuaki Minegishi (comic)

Chan-wook Park (screenplay)

Chun-hyeong Lim (screenplay)

Jo-yun Hwang (screenplay)

Joon-hyung Lim

Fullplot:

An average man is kidnapped and imprisoned in a shabby cell for 15 years without explanation. He then is released, equipped with money, a cellphone and expensive clothes. As he strives to explain his imprisonment and get his revenge, Oh Dae-Su soon finds out that his kidnapper has a greater plan for him and is set onto a path of pain and suffering in an attempt to uncover the motive of his mysterious tormentor.

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