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 pacemaker penance photo album private prison pseudonym record 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 |