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Oldboy (2003)
on 16 august 2023 , 2h
Directed by Park Chan-wookOrigin Coree du sudGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Films about education,
Films about children,
Films about families,
Films about sexuality,
Films about suicide,
Films about school violenceActors Choi Min-sik,
Kang Hye-jeong,
Yu Ji-tae,
Yoo Yeon-seok,
Yun Jin-seo,
Oh Dal-sooRating82%
In 1988, businessman Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) is arrested for drunken behavior, missing his daughter's 4th birthday. After his friend, Joo-hwan (Ji Dae-han), picks him up from the police station, they go to a phone booth to call home to let Dae-su's family know of his whereabouts. While Joo-hwan is talking to Dae-su's wife on the phone, Dae-su is kidnapped. He wakes up in a solitary confinement in a hotel-like prison. Confined with no human contact or explanation for his kidnapping and frequently gassed with a possibly mind altering drug, Dae-su soon learns through news reports his wife has been murdered, and he is the prime suspect. Dae-su passes the time shadowboxing, planning revenge, and secretly attempting to tunnel out of his cell.