Oldboy (2003)
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days.
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Cast & Crew
Top Billed Cast
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Dae-su Oh -
Woo-jin Lee -
Mi-do -
Mr. Han -
No Joo-hwan -
Park Cheol-woong -
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Lee Soo-ah -
Young Dae-su
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Young Joo-hwan
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Clock Store Lady
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Elevator Lady
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Dental Nurse
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Night Teacher
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Director:
Chan-wook ParkWriters:
Garon Tsuchiya (story), Nobuaki Minegishi (comic), Chan-wook Park (character created by: Oldboy, Vengeance Trilogy), Chan-wook Park (screenplay), Joon-hyung Lim (screenplay), Jo-yun Hwang (screenplay)All Cast & Crew
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Trivia
The restaurant that Mido works in is called "Mediterranean", which is the name of the restaurant in real life, but the director originally intended for it to be called "Akira" - not as a reference to the popular Manga, but to the Japanese director Akira Kurosawa.
Quotes
Woo-jin Lee:
Remember this: "Be it a rock or a grain of sand, in water they sink as the same."
Goofs
When Dae-su enters the room of one of his nemises, his computer screen shows information about the stock exchange. The internet address on the screen is: C:/DocumentsandSettings/[...]/#OldBoy#/[...], thus a link to a folder on the computer, rather than an internet address
Alternate Versions
Chan-wook Park stated on his solo DVD commentary that there is an edited version for television broadcast. It omits some of the more extreme violence and the love scene between Oh Dae Su and Mi-do.
Soundtracks
Bring My Loveby Starsailor
Storyline
Plot Summary
Synopsis (WARNING: Spoilers)
Genres
Action | Drama | Mystery | ThrillerDetails
Release Date:
21 November 2003Language
Korean
Country of Origin
South KoreaFilming Locations
Songgye High School, Chinju, Kyongsangnam-Do, South KoreaBox Office
Budget:
$3,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend USA:
$68,957 27 March 2005
Gross USA:
$707,481
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$15,002,116
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