Overview
Release Date:
21 November 2003 (South Korea)
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Tagline:
15 years of imprisonment, five days of vengeance
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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.
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Awards:
17 wins
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10 nominations
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User Comments:
One step ahead of America
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Additional Details
Also Known As:
Old Boy (International: English title) (DVD title)
Oldeuboi (South Korea)
Old Boy (Belgium: French title) (dubbed version) (France) [fr]15 ans volés (Canada: French title) [fr]Cinco días para vengarse (Mexico) (festival title) [es]Ihtiyar delikanli (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]Old Boy (Finland) (festival title) [fi]Old Boy (Czech Republic) [cs]Old Boy (Slovakia) [sk]Old Boy - hämnden (Sweden) [sv]Oldboy (Italy) [it]Oldboy (Brazil) [pt]Oldboy (Finland) [fi]Oldboy (Poland) [pl]Oldboy (Croatia) [hr]Oldboy (Greece) [el]Oldboy (Serbia) [sr]Oldboy-Velho amigo (Portugal) [pt]Vana poiss (Estonia) [et]
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Rated R for strong violence including scenes of torture, sexuality and pervasive language.
Runtime:
120 min
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Fun Stuff
Trivia:
The last scenes of the movie (with snow and footsteps) were filmed in New Zealand. After the ending credit completely rolls over, audiences can hear sound of the wind. It was actual sound of the wind recorded in NZ location. The director revealed in an interview that he was impressed by the scenary of NZ so much he saved the sound there for the (Korean) audience.
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Goofs:
Continuity: The last scene at Woo-jin's penthouse, while he is getting dressed, his shirt cuffs already have cufflinks in them; in the next shot, they are missing, and he is putting them on.
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Quotes:
Mi-do:
Very lonely people that I met... they all hallucinated ants at one time.
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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.