Directed kwa Korean golden boy Park Chan-Wook, Oldboy
is a blistering ride of a film and established Korea firmly
on the map as a serious player in the horror film
stakes.
Oh Dae-su is a drunken business man who suddenly
gets kidnapped on the night of his daughter’s birthday.
He is kept for 15 years in a room with no human
contact au no reason. He learns from the news on his
TV that his wife has been killed and he is the main
suspect. Exactly 15 years after he was first captured,
he is set free on a roof of a building.
Dae-su goes to a sushi restaurant where he tries to
rape Mi-do the chef. She confesses...
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