Oldboy

Oldboy
Oldboy
Directed by	Park Chan-wook
Screenplay by	Hwang Jo-yun; Lim Jun-hyung; Park Chan-wook;
Based on	Old Boy; by Garon Tsuchiya; Nobuaki Minegishi;
Produced by	Lim Seung-yong
Starring	Choi Min-sik; Yoo Ji-tae; Kang Hye-jung;
Cinematography	Chung Chung-hoon
Edited by	Kim Sang-bum
Music by	Cho Young-wuk
Production; company	Show East
Distributed by	Show East
Release date	21 November 2003;
Running time	120 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Budget	$3 million
Box office	$15 million

Oldboy is a 2003 movie by Park chan-wook. This movie is based on the 1997 Japanese comic book. It is a mystery action movie about the contest of Oh Dae-su who was confined in private jail for 15 years (even he does not know why he was caged) and Lee woo-jin who confined Oh because of revenge. This movie deals especially and in detail with human hatred and revenge, and uses nice visual techniques to deal with sensational material.

The movie was nominated for many international movie festivals. It won 31 awards including Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004.

References

↑ "Oldboy". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
↑ "Oldboy (2003) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
↑ "Oldboy (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 20 May 2008.

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[1] "Oldboy". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

[Numbers-2] "Oldboy (2003) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 16 February 2019.

[Mojo-3] "Oldboy (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 20 May 2008.

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