Oldboy [videorecording] / a Chanwook Park film ; ShowEast ; Egg Films.
Material type:
FilmLanguage: Korean, English Summary language: English, Spanish Original language: Korean Series: Tartan Asia extremePublication details: [Los Angeles] : Tartan Video [2005]Description: 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inOther title: - Old boy
- Director, Chanwook Park ; producers, Jangwook Kim, Youngjoon Ji ; story, Tsuchiya Garon, Minegishi Nobuaki ; screenplay, Joyun Hwang, Junhyung Lim, Chanwook Park.
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Main Library | DVD | WORLD Oldboy | Available | 33111008313203 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook directed this violent and offbeat story of punishment and vengeance. Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) is a husband and father whose reputation for womanizing is well known. One day, for reasons he doesn't understand, Oh Dae-su finds himself locked up in a prison cell, with no idea of what his crime was or whom his jailers may be. With a small television as his only link to the outside world and a daily ration of fried dumplings as his only sustenance, Oh Dae-su struggles to keep his mind and body intact, but when he learns through a news report that his wife has been killed, he begins a long and difficult project of digging an escape tunnel with a pair of chopsticks. Before he can finish -- and after 15 years behind bars -- Oh Dae-su is released, with as little explanation as when he was locked up, and he's soon given a wad of money and a cellular phone by a bum on the street. Emotionally stunted but physically strong after 15 years in jail, Oh Dae-su struggles to unravel the secret of who is responsible for locking him up, what happened to his wife and daughter, and how to best get revenge against his captors. Oldeuboi was screened in competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and won the coveted Grand Prix. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2003 under title: Oldeuboi.
Special features include an interview with the director, director's and cinematographer's commentary, deleted scenes, and a photo gallery.
Director, Chanwook Park ; producers, Jangwook Kim, Youngjoon Ji ; story, Tsuchiya Garon, Minegishi Nobuaki ; screenplay, Joyun Hwang, Junhyung Lim, Chanwook Park.
Minsik Choi, Ji Tae Yu, Hyejung Gang.
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years, Daesu is released and sets out to find his abductors.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
In Korean with optional sound track in English; optional subtitles in English or Spanish.