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Title: Oldboy (2003)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Choi Min-sik | ... | Dae-su Oh | |
| Yoo Ji-Tae | ... | Woo-jin Lee | |
| Kang Hye-jeong | ... | Mi-do | |
| Kim Byeong-Ok | ... | Mr. Han | |
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Dae-han Ji | ... | No Joo-hwan |
| Dal-su Oh | ... | Park Cheol-woong | |
| Seung-shin Lee | ... | Yoo Hyung-ja (as Seung-Shin Lee) | |
| Jin-Seo Yoon | ... | Lee Soo-ah | |
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Tae-kyung Oh | ... | Young Dae-su |
| Yoo Yeon-Seok | ... | Young Woo-Jin (as Ahn Yeon-Seok) | |
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Il-han Oo | ... | Young Joo-hwan |
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Young-hee Lee | ... | Clock Store Lady |
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Young-ae Kim | ... | Elevator Lady |
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Mi Mi Lee | ... | Dental Nurse |
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Jae-Duk Han | ... | Night Teacher |
Abducted on a rainy night in 1988, the obnoxious drunk, Oh Dae-Su, much to his surprise, wakes up locked in a windowless and dilapidated hotel room, for an unknown reason. There, his invisible and pitiless captors will feed him, clothe him, and sedate him to avert a desperate suicide--and as his only companion and a window to the world is the TV in his stark cell--the only thing that helps Oh Dae-Su keep going is his daily journal. Then, unexpectedly, after fifteen long years in captivity, the perplexed prisoner is deliberately released, encouraged to track down his tormentor to finally get his retribution. However, who would hate Oh Dae-Su so much he would deny him of a quick and clean death? Written by Nick Riganas
I haven't written a comment on IMDb for about 3 years but was inspired to with this film. It is not very often that I come across a film by accident (World Movies on cable) and the spend the next day scouring the internet to find out information about it and can't get it out of my head! Anyway, yep there are plot holes, but Old boy borrows a lot from surrealism and you are meant to suspend your disbelief! I don't buy comments when people say "it is so unrealistic because he should've done this ..." because it is a surrealist film and meant to be unrealistic! For me the sign of a good film is if it sticks on your head! THis one surely does (althought I did have to look away a few times ... ) Loved it!!!! Work of cruel genius!!! (HOLLYWOOD - Please don't ruin it by remaking it!!!)