Oldboy overview

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.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Park Chan-wook
  • Studio: Show East, Egg Films
  • Year: 2004
  • Run Time: 118 minutes
  • Country: South Korea
  • Language: Korean
  • MPAA Rating: R (for strong violence including scenes of torture, sexuality and pervasive language)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Thriller
  • Filmed in: Color
  • Release: 2005 03 25 (USA - Limited)

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