Oldboy (Hangul: 올드보이; RR: Oldeuboi; MR: Oldŭboi) is a 2003 South Korean mystery thriller film directed by Park Chan-wook. It is based loosely on the Japanese manga of the same name written by Nobuaki Minegishi and Garon Tsuchiya. Oldboy is the second installment of The Vengeance Trilogy, preceded by Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and followed by Sympathy for Lady Vengeance.
The film follows the story of one Oh Dae-su, who is locked in a hotel room for 15 years without knowing his captor's motives. When he is finally released, Dae-su finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and violence. His own quest for vengeance becomes tied in with romance when he falls for an attractive sushi chef.
The film won the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and high praise from the President of the Jury, director Quentin Tarantino. Critically, the film has been well received in the United States, with an 80% "Certified Fresh" rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Film critic Roger Ebert claimed that Oldboy is a "powerful film not because of what it depicts, but because of the depths of the human heart which it strips bare". In 2008, voters on CNN named it one of the ten best Asian films ever made. A remake with the same title was released in 2013 in the United States.
| Directed by | Park Chan-wook |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Im Seung-yong Kim Dong-joo |
| Written by | Hwang Jo-yoon Im Joon-hyeong Park Chan-wook |
| Based on | Old Boy by Garon Tsuchiya Nobuaki Minegishi |
| Starring | Choi Min-sik Yoo Ji-tae Kang Hye-jung |
| Music by | Jo Yeong-wook |
| Cinematography | Chung Chung-hoon |
| Edited by | Kim Sang-beom |
| Production company |
Show East
Egg Films |
| Distributed by | Show East (KR) Tartan Films (US/UK) |
| Release dates |
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| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$3 million |
| Box office | $14,980,005 |
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