Oldboy (2003)
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days.
- Release Date
- November 21, 2005
- Director
- Park Chan-wook
- Cast
- Choi Min-sik , Yoo Ji-tae , Kang Hye-jeong
- Runtime
- 2 hours
- Writers
- Garon Tsuchiya , Nobuaki Minegishi , Park Chan-wook
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