Oldboy

Oldboy

Dae-su, a middle-aged drunkard and white-collar worker, has neither ambition nor purpose in life. One rainy night, Dae-su’s life takes a horrific turn: he is abducted and imprisoned in a windowless room for 15 years without explanation. After his release, he must find the reason for his captivity and seek redemption. Oldboy, the second film in The Vengeance Trilogy of director Park Chan-wook, captivated international audiences upon its release. This film explosively explores the brutal extremes of the complex, visceral human instinct through the sophisticated lenses of storytelling, stunning visual compositions, and a meticulously curated soundtrack that often contradicts the brutal violence presented in its scenes.

DIRECTOR: Park Chan-wook. WRITTEN BY: Park Chan-wook. CAST: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong. 2003. 120 min. South Korea. Color. Scope. Korean. Rated R. DCP. New remastered 4k DCP, courtesy of NEON.

This program is made possible in part by a grant from the Korea Foundation.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.

Donors to the Academy Museum’s fund in support of Asian American Pacific Islander programming include Esther S. M. Chui-Chao, Julia and Ken Gouw, and Dr. Peter Lam Kin Ngok of Media Asia Group Holdings Limited.

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