Oldboy
Oldboy is a 2003 South Korean action-thriller film directed and co-written by Park Chan-wook. A loose adaptation of the Japanese manga of the same name, the film follows the story of Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik), who is imprisoned in a cell resembling a hotel room for 15 years without knowing the identity of his captor or his captor's motives. When he is finally released, Dae-su finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and violence as he seeks revenge against his enigmatic captor (Yoo Ji-tae). His quest becomes tied in with romance when he falls in love with a young sushi chef, Mi-do (Kang Hye-jung).
Plot
In 1988, businessman Oh Dae-su is arrested for drunkenness, causing him to miss his daughter's fourth birthday. His friend Joo-hwan collects him, but Dae-su disappears and awakens in a sealed hotel room. Takeout food is delivered through a pet door, and his only diversion is a television; from it, Dae-su learns that he has been framed for his wife's murder. As years pass, Dae-su grows deranged from solitude and attempts suicide by wrist-cutting, but is resuscitated. Dae-su then begins practicing martial arts against the wall and attempting to dig an escape tunnel.
Awards
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| author | Garon Tsuchiya Hwang Jo-yun Lim Jun-hyung Park Chan-wook |
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| award | Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award |
| contentLocation | South Korea |
| director | Park Chan-wook |
| editor | Kim Sang-bum |
| events | chase incest revenge solitude suicide |
| genre | action crime live-action mystery romance thriller |
| keywords | adopt arrest chinese restaurant derange eavesdrop false pregnancy family photo frame hotel room learn love hotel meet octopus pacemaker penance photo album private prison pseudonym record sushi sushi restaurant talk yearbook |
| musicBy | Jo Yeong-wook |
| nomination | European Film Award for Best Non-European Film |
| producer | Syd Lim |
| productionCompany | CJ Entertainment |
| publisher | Show East |
| recordedAt | New Zealand Seoul |
| theme | independent martial arts mystery thriller narrative neo-noir south korean |