¢º Old Boy
 


2003, 35mm, Thriller, 119 min

Director : PARK Chanwook Executive Producer : KIM Jang-wook l Producer : KIM Dong-joo Screenplay : HWANG Jo-yoon, IM Joon-hyung, PARK Chan-wook
Cinematographer : CHUNG Chung-hoon l Lighting : PARK Hyun-won
Editor : KIM Sang-bum l production Designer : YOO Seong-hee

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57th Cannes Film Festival "Grand Prix"

 

starring
CHOI Min-sik : as Dae-su
YOO Ji-tae : as Woo-jin
GANG Hye-jung : as Mido

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½Ã³ñ½Ã½º ¡« Synopsis(English)

- 15 years in foced in a cell. Only 5 days given to seek revenge


Synopsis

 

One day in 1988, an ordinary man named OH Dae-su, who lives with his wife and adorable daughter, is kidnapped and later wakes up to find himself in a private makeshift prison. Dae-su makes numerous attempts to escape and to commit suicide, but they all end up in failure. All the while Dae-su asks himself what made a man hate him so much enough to imprison him without any reason. While suffering from his debacle, Dae-su becomes shocked when he watches the news and hears that his beloved wife was brutally murdered. At this very moment, Dae-su swears to take revenge on the man who destroyed his happy life.

Fifteen years have passed and Dae-su is released with a wallet filled with money and a mobile phone. An unknown man calls Dae-su and asks him to figure out why he was imprisoned. In front of bewildered Dae-su, a girl named Mido appears and she promises to help him seek vengeance after hearing about his 15 years in confinement. With Mido¡¯s help, Dae-su begins to trace the guy and finally encounters the private prison where he discovers a cassette tape, which only says... "OH Dae-su talks too much¡¦¡± While Dae-su and Mido¡¯s search goes on, Dae-su finally runs face to face with his kidnapper. The culprit says there will be no way to find out the reason of his imprisonment if Dae-su kills him now. Instead, he proposes a game. He tells Dae-su that if he discovers the reason for his imprisonment in five days, then he will kill himself. If not, he will kill Mido. Only five days are given to Dae-su to find out the reason behind the guy¡¯s grudge against Dae-su. While doing so, hidden secrets about Dae-su and Mido's relationship are revealed.


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2004.07 ERA - New Horizon Film Festival (Poland)
2004.07 Coreaction Film Festival (Germany)
2004.06 Munich Int'l Film Festival (Germany)
2004.07 Melbourne Int'l Film Festival (Australia)
2004.07 Karlovy Vary Int'l Film Festival (Czech Republic)
2004.06 Moscow Int'l Film Festival (Russia)
2004.05 Cannes Int'l Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize (France)




 

Director : PARK Chanwook

[FILMOGRAPHY]

1992 "The Moon is... the Sun's Dream" Writer/Director
1997 "Trio" Writer/Director
1999 "Judgement" (Short) Writer/Director
2000 "JSA: Joint Security Area" Writer/Director
2002 "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" Writer/Director