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8.3

Oldboy (2003)

Oldboy
Running time: 120 min. | Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Revenge, Kidnappings / Disappearances, Manga, Cult Movies
Oldboy

Synopsis

'Oldboy' features Choi Min-sik as a Korean businessman who is suddenly kidnapped and confined in a cell with only a television set. He makes various efforts to escape and even attempts to commit suicide, but all end up in failure. Dae-soo one day watches a news about his wife being murdered and he being wanted by the police. Feeling shocked and deeply grieved, Dae-soo begins to dig a hole in the room with a spoon to get his way out to revenge the lost of his wife on the real culprit.

Nominations & Awards

Cannes Film Festival

  • Grand Jury Prize WINNER
  • Golden Palm - Best Film NOMINATED

Critics Choice Award

  • Best Film Not in the English Language: NOMINATED

Sitges Film Festival

  • Best Picture WINNER

Chicago Film Critics Association

  • Best Foreign Language Film NOMINATED

Details

Original title

Oldboy

Director

Park Chan-wook

Producer

Show East Co. Ltd

Running time

120 min.

Screenwriter

Park Chan-wook, Hwang Jo-yoon (Manga: Nobuaki Minegishi)

Music

Jo Yeong-wook

Cinematography

Chung Chung-hoon

Year

2003

Country

South Korea South Korea

Ranking

IMDb
8.4
Rotten Tomatoes
8.1
Unopeliculas
8.5

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