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Oldboy

Original title: Oldeuboi · Turkish title: İhtiyar Delikanlı

“15 years of imprisonment, five days of vengeance.”

2003 · 2 h
Directed by Park Chan-wook
ActionDramaMystery

Cast

Choi Min-sik Yoo Ji-tae Kang Hye-jung

Credits

Written by: Garon Tsuchiya

Plot

Oh Dae-su, a drunken businessman, is kidnapped and imprisoned in a small room for fifteen years without explanation. When he is suddenly released, he is given five days to find out who imprisoned him and why, and takes revenge. Park Chan-wook's 2003 film, with Choi Min-sik, is known for its ferocity, its hallway fight scene and its shocking twist, and won the Grand Prix at Cannes.

Sinekatalog’s take

Park Chan-wook's revenge thriller imprisons a man for fifteen years and then releases him with a puzzle. The corridor fight is famous, but the twist and operatic melodrama are what endure.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 8.3 / 10 (735,302 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: about 82%
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset; Rotten Tomatoes snapshot from October 2026. Scores change over time.

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