Oldboy

Oldboy
Movie · Thriller · Action

In 1998, OH Dae-soo is drugged and kidnapped in front of his own house. Coming to, Dae-soo realizes he has been thrown into a private prison. The people who imprison him supply him with food, water and a television. Dae-soo watches the news and learns that his beloved wife was brutally murdered and the police suspects Dae-soo as the murderer. He vows to survive his ordeal and take revenge on the men who destroyed his happy life. Dae-soo habituates himself to the darkness in the cell, training his mind and body. He covers himself with tattoos, evidence of the time that he has spent in the cell. One day, Dae-soo is given sleeping gas again. He comes to and finds he has been released, 15 years after he was kidnapped. He tries to find out who is behind all of this and why.

2021 · 2h 0m
  • 82%
Starring Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong
Director Park Chan-wook

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Cast & Crew

  • Choi Min-sik
    Dae-su Oh
  • Y‌J
    Yoo Ji-tae
    Woo-jin Lee
  • Kang Hye-jeong
    Mi-do
  • Park Chan-wook
    Director
  • K‌D
    Kim Dong-ju
    Producer
  • I‌J
    Im Jun-hyeong
    Writer
  • H‌J
    Hwang Jo-Yoon
    Writer

About

Oldboy

Thriller

In 1998, OH Dae-soo is drugged and kidnapped in front of his own house. Coming to, Dae-soo realizes he has been thrown into a private prison. The people who imprison him supply him with food, water and a television. Dae-soo watches the news and learns that his beloved wife was brutally murdered and the police suspects Dae-soo as the murderer. He vows to survive his ordeal and take revenge on the men who destroyed his happy life. Dae-soo habituates himself to the darkness in the cell, training his mind and body. He covers himself with tattoos, evidence of the time that he has spent in the cell. One day, Dae-soo is given sleeping gas again. He comes to and finds he has been released, 15 years after he was kidnapped. He tries to find out who is behind all of this and why.

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Information

Studio
EGG FILM Co., Ltd.
Released
2021
Run Time
2 hr
Rated
IIB
Regions of Origin
South Korea, United States
© 2003 EGG FILM Co., Ltd. all rights reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
Korean, Korean (South Korea), English
Audio

Korean (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

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English , Cantonese, Traditional

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