Oldboy poster

Cast

Choi Min-sik profile

Choi Min-sik

Oh Dae-su

Yoo Ji-tae profile

Yoo Ji-tae

Lee Woo-jin

Ji Dae-han profile

Ji Dae-han

No Joo-hwan

Oh Dal-su profile

Oh Dal-su

Park Cheol-woong

Yoon Jin-seo profile

Yoon Jin-seo

Lee Soo-ah

Oh Tae-kyung profile

Oh Tae-kyung

Young Dae-su

Yoo Yeon-seok profile

Yoo Yeon-seok

Young Woo-jin

You Il-han profile

You Il-han

Young Joo-hwan

Lee Young-hee profile

Lee Young-hee

Clock Store Lady

Kim Young-ae profile

Kim Young-ae

Elevator Lady

Lee Mi-mi profile

Lee Mi-mi

Dental Nurse

Han Jae-duk profile

Han Jae-duk

Night Teacher

Kwak Jung-ae profile

Kwak Jung-ae

Nun Teacher

Kim San profile

Kim San

Electronics Store Owner

Jang Chae-soo profile

Jang Chae-soo

Woo-jin's Doctor

Syd Lim profile

Syd Lim

Rude Man

Choi Chang-hak profile

Choi Chang-hak

1988 Guard

Shin Bi-joon profile

Shin Bi-joon

1988 Guard

Seong Seok-jae profile

Seong Seok-jae

1996 Guard

Choi Jae-sup profile

Choi Jae-sup

2003 Guard

Yoon Jin-yul profile

Yoon Jin-yul

Woo-jin's Bodyguard

Mun Seong-bok profile

Mun Seong-bok

Woo-jin's Bodyguard

Park Jae-woong profile

Park Jae-woong

Cheol-woong's Gang

Oh Soon-tae profile

Oh Soon-tae

Cheol-woong's Gang

Lee Hong-pyo profile

Lee Hong-pyo

Cheol-woong's Gang

Park Geun-seok profile

Park Geun-seok

Cheol-woong's Gang

Details

Status

Released

Original language

ko

Countries

KR

Budget

$3,000,000

Revenue

$17,500,000

Reviews

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A review by Eky

June 16, 2012

I’m sure that all of you can always spot a film with good acting, superb plot and great cinematography easily but when it comes to a thriller that possesses all those above quality, it would be such a rarity. OldBoy here, second installment from The Vengeance Trilogy directed by Park Chan-wook (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, OldBoy, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance) really have them all, good story, powerful acting and the most horrifying and clever end twist if not genius. In fact no matter how man...

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A review by manwhonose 10

September 29, 2012

This is definitely one of the films to see before you die. It's seat-squirmingly unsettling, shocking and very violent.

It's a journey into a truly disturbed mind; a mind, which - like yours will be - is unable to cope with what it discovers.

This film is brilliantly twisted. It has a thread of the most wonderful, blackest humour running through it, a sense of complete disorientation and enough plot twists and turns to sustain your interest.

Not one of the best r...

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A review by Niemand

August 6, 2023

Just about everyone I’d spoken to about this film recommended it to me.

I watched this film with the original Korean-language soundtrack, with English subtitles.

Oh Dae-su (Chi Min-sik) is a bit of a flirt (whether he is a womaniser is not made clear) with a wife and young child, who has turned two years old on the day we start the film. Dae-su is in a prison waiting room having insulted a woman he was flirting with. A friend comes and eventually gets him out, but while he’s mak...

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