Oldboy

Oldboy

2003

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years -- and no one to hold accountable for his suffering -- a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors, relying on assistance from a friendly waitress. Korean director Chan-wook Park -- a former philosophy student and Hitchcock devotee -- uses his influences to create a mesmerizing psychological drama with a resolution that will leave you speechless.

15 years of imprisonment, five days of vengeance

JBscale
83
Excellent

Film Detail

Genre
Crime - Thriller
Length
2 hrs. 0 min.
US Theatrical Release
March 25, 2005
US Box Office
$707,481 (#6194 of 7435)
Global Office
$14,980,005 (#3167 of 4373)
Rating
R
Restricted
Pervasive Language, Scenes of Torture, Sexuality, Stylized Violence

Collection Detail

Edition
2-Disc Vengeance Trilogy & Digital
Resolution | Digital Platform
Fandango at Home Fandango at Home
Aspect Ratio
WS 2.35:1
Audio
English (Dubbed): DD 5.1
English (Dubbed): DTS-HD Master 5.1
Korean: DD 5.1
Korean: DTS 5.1
Korean: DTS-HD Master 5.1
Studio
Tartan Video
Released
June 15, 2010
Acquired Date
July 12, 2015
Times Seen
3 Times
Last Watched
September 5, 2023

Actors

Min-sik Choi
Min-sik Choi
Ji-tae Yu
Ji-tae Yu
Hye-jeong Kang
Hye-jeong Kang
Dae-han Ji
Dae-han Ji
Dal-su Oh
Dal-su Oh
Byeong-ok Kim
Byeong-ok Kim
Seung-Shin Lee
Seung-Shin Lee
Jin-seo Yun
Jin-seo Yun
Dae-yeon Lee
Dae-yeon Lee

Directors

Chan-wook Park
Chan-wook Park

Producers

Seung-yong Lim
Seung-yong Lim

Writers

Jo-yun Hwang
Jo-yun Hwang
Chun-hyeong Lim
Chun-hyeong Lim
Chan-wook Park
Chan-wook Park

Awards & Accolades

  • 2008 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #112
  • 2009 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #118
  • 2010 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #104
  • 2011 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #92
  • 2012 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #92
  • 2013 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #75
  • 2018 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #68
  • 2019 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #70
  • 2022 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #70

Special Features

Commentaries
  • director Chan-wook Park
  • director Chan-wook Park & Cast
  • director Chan-wook Park & cinematographer Jeong-hun Jeong
Documentaries
  • CGI
  • Flashback
  • Making the Film - The Cast Remembers
  • Production Design
  • The Music Score
Other
  • "The Autobiography of OLDBOY" - A video diary from each of the 69 shooting days
  • 10 Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary
  • Cast & Crew Interviews
  • English & Spanish Subtitles
  • OLDBOY Magna Graphic Novel
  • Original 35mm Film Cell
  • Audio Commentary
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Featurettes

Other Recommendations

User Reviews

  • 3.16.2007 by biglummox (10/10)

Ratings

JB Users
100
Flawless
RT Fresh Certified
82%
Tomatometer
159 votes
RT Fresh Certified
94%
Popcornmeter
11,732 votes
METASCORE
78
33 votes
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
664,089 votes

Tags

  1. Park Chan-wook's Vengeance Trilogy

Additional Info

  1. IMDb
  2. Official Website
  3. Kids-in-Mind
  4. Common Sense Media