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Overview

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Director:
Chan-wook Park
Writers:
Garon Tsuchiya (story)
Nobuaki Minegishi (comic) ...
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Release Date:
21 November 2003 (South Korea) more
Genre:
Drama | Mystery | Thriller more
Tagline:
15 years of imprisonment, five days of vengeance more
Plot:
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in 5 days. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
17 wins & 10 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(66 articles)
Chan-Wook Park's Vengeance Trilogy Comes to DVD on November 24th
 (From MovieWeb. 30 September 2009, 10:26 AM, PDT)

More details about Tartan’s Vengeance Trilogy box
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User Comments:
Great film! more (614 total)

Cast

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Directed by
Chan-wook Park 
 
Writing credits
Garon Tsuchiya (story)

Nobuaki Minegishi (comic)

Jo-yun Hwang  screenplay
Chun-hyeong Lim  screenplay
Joon-hyung Lim  writer
Chan-wook Park  screenplay

Produced by
Dong-ju Kim .... executive producer
Seung-yong Lim .... producer
 
Original Music by
Hyun-jung Shim 
 
Cinematography by
Chung-hoon Chung 
 
Film Editing by
Sang-Beom Kim 
 
Production Design by
Seong-hie Ryu 
 
Costume Design by
Sankyung Cho 
 
Sound Department
Seung-cheol Lee .... sound
 
Visual Effects by
C. Jin Im .... main titles supervisor
Jeon-hyeong Lee .... visual effects
 
Music Department
Seung-hyun Choi .... composer: theme music
Yeong-wook Jo .... director of music
Ji-soo Lee .... composer: theme music
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Old Boy (International: English title) (DVD title)
Oldeuboi (South Korea)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence including scenes of torture, sexuality and pervasive language.
Runtime:
120 min
Country:
South Korea
Language:
Korean
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Busan, South Korea more
Company:
Egg Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The code for the elevator to the penthouse is 0604. When entered in the official website, it leads to the official guest book. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Main character states that lack of sunlight has left him depleted of Vitamins A and E. These are obtained through diet. Sunlight is only responsible for the production of Vitamin D. Thus, the character should only be depleted of Vitamin D. more
Quotes:
Dae-su Oh: Can the imaginary training of fifteen years be put to use?
Dae-su Oh: [Dae-su beats up his assailants] Yes. It can.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Zinda (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Winter more

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133 out of 189 people found the following comment useful.
Great film!, 17 March 2007
9/10
Author: lucas739 from United Kingdom

I feel compelled to defend this film from some quite frankly unwarranted criticism. Although it isn't without its flaws, and all films have a few,it certainly isn't a one star film.What this film has is the ability to be sublime, shocking, ridiculous, mildly amusing and visually stunning which is some feat for any film.The sheer scale of the comments here suggests that here is a film that gets to you in one way or another. This film is as far away from Maborosi as you can get yet both films are up there as great pieces of cinema. I wont divulge the plot or end this comment with a Latin quote to reinforce my self importance i'll just say go and watch it, preferably if you're not too squeamish and don't mind subtitles.This film left me thinking about it the following day which is normally a good thing (atleast it shows my memory is working!)

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