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| Min-sik Choi | ... | Dae-su Oh | |
| Ji-tae Yu | ... | Woo-jin Lee | |
| Hye-jeong Kang | ... | Mi-do | |
| Dae-han Ji | ... | No Joo-hwan | |
| Dal-su Oh | ... | Park Cheol-woong | |
| Byeong-ok Kim | ... | Mr. Han | |
| Seung-Shin Lee | ... | Yoo Hyung-ja | |
| Jin-seo Yun | ... | Lee Soo-ah | |
| Dae-yeon Lee | ... | Beggar | |
| Kwang-rok Oh | ... | Suicidal Man | |
| Tae-kyung Oh | ... | Young Dae-su | |
| Yeon-suk Ahn | ... | Young Woo-jin | |
| Il-han Oo | ... | Young Joo-hwan | |
| Su-hyeon Kim | |||
| Seung-jin Lee | |||
| Su-kyeong Yun | |||
| Myeong-shin Park | |||
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| Dae-han Chi | |||
| Yi Yong | ... | Delivery Boy | |
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 | |
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| 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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Oldboy takes a hammer and "batters" its American equivalents, leaving them as pulped as a chewed up squid. Park Chan Wook displays what America misses with his ultra-stylish, ultra-violent thriller. Why watch Ben Affleck fail spectacularly to summon any displayable talent, when Min sik Choi serves up a memorable role as the disturbed, vengeful Dae Su Oh, in the second of the Vengeance trilogy. Park skillfully creates a compelling plot that will have you guessing through the entire film, up until the final shocking revelation. The Cinematography expertly done by Jeong-hun Jeong, who also worked on the follow up to this film, Chinjeolhan geumjassi. Everything about this film is done in style and panache and creates a memorable experience, and has many memorable scenes.
Many people accuse this film of being "unrealistic". These people forget that this a film, not a documentary. No one complains About Star Wars being unrealistic, and rightly so. Films have a right to stretch out reality, don't forget the reason it does this is to be entertaining.
Although the film has strong violence of a graphic nature, I advise you to watch it, if only to broaden your perspectives of world and Asian cinema.