SOUTH KOREA · 2003

Oldboy

Park Chan-wook
Korean New Wave revenge imprisonment mystery redemption violence
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With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.

Year2003
CountrySouth Korea
DirectorPark Chan-wook
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2 films that influenced it
Le Cercle rouge 1970 · Jean-Pierre Melville Eraserhead 1976 · David Lynch
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